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title: Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record — how Mova does on the tests · Arts
description: Lesson 6 of the arts course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 11 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record

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**Tests:** 2 of 11 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 7 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 6 of the arts course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Your mate goes, "number one is just whatever the radio DJs fancy, innit." Is he right?

- **1.** yes, the DJs just pick their favourite every Sunday, mate — no support
- **2.** Yes, but only in Britain — no support
- **3.** No, the Queen used to pick it — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** No, charts are counted from sales, streams and plays — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 6, line 1: «A music chart is a weekly list of the most popular songs, counted from real numbers: sales, streams and, in the US, radio plays; no judge picks number one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pick» (+2); the same thing acted on «number» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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What would happen to a song if lots of people streamed it every December for years?

- **1.** It would be banned from the charts — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** Its release date would change to that year — no support
- **3.** It could climb the charts long after it came out — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** Nothing, old songs can never chart again — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 6, line 1: «A music chart is a weekly list of the most popular songs, counted from real numbers: sales, streams and, in the US, radio plays; no judge picks number one.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «popular songs» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Grandad says, "The Beatles were the best, that's a fact." Gran says, "Rubbish, it was ABBA." Which is true?

- **1.** Gran is stating a proven fact — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** "Best" is an opinion, so both are giving their taste — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Grandad is stating a proven fact, because the Beatles sold more — no support
- **4.** Neither band ever sold any records — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Your cousin says Taylor Swift "pocketed" all 2 billion dollars from the tour. What is wrong?

- **1.** Gross is the total before crews, venues and travel are paid — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** The tour made no money at all — no support
- **3.** Ticket money goes only to the fans — no support
- **4.** Nothing, all of the money goes to the singer, every last dollar — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 9: «Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, from 2023 to 2024, was reported to be the highest-grossing concert tour ever, taking over 2 billion US dollars; "gross" means the tot…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «gross» (+2); the same thing acted on «total» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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A video says, "Eurovision: Europe only, no exceptions." Which country proves it wrong?

- **1.** Ukraine, which won in 2022 — **← Mova's choice** · score 14
- **2.** France, which is in Europe — no support
- **3.** Australia, which has competed since 2015 — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Italy, which is in Europe — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 14, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 11: «Ukraine has won Eurovision three times: in 2004 with Ruslana, in 2016 with Jamala and in 2022 with Kalush Orchestra.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «win» (+4); the same doer «ukraine» (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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A kid in Seoul hears "BTS started K-pop" and sighs. Why?

- **1.** BTS have never had a single hit in America or anywhere else — no support
- **2.** BTS are not a Korean group — no support
- **3.** K-pop started only last year — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** K-pop grew for years before BTS became its biggest stars — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 6, line 10: «Many people say modern K-pop began in 1992 with Seo Taiji and Boys; BTS became the first K-pop act to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100, with "Dynamite…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «begin» (+2); the same doer «modern k pop» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Bella says, "If enough of us vote, we'll win the Grammy for her." What is the truth?

- **1.** One vote per fan decides who wins the Grammy — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Grammys are given out by a lucky draw each year — no support
- **3.** Fans do not vote for Grammy winners — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The Grammy goes to the most-followed singer online — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Kateryna says the tune is Ukrainian. Mason says, "Prove it." What can she point to?

- **1.** Nothing, the tune was written in Hollywood for the film Home Alone — no support
- **2.** A TikTok video saying so — no support
- **3.** "Shchedryk", arranged by Leontovych and sung in the US in the early 1920s — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The fact that she likes the song — **← Mova's choice** · score 11

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 5: «Taste is personal: Gen Z might call a song "bussin'" (really good) or say it "ate and left no crumbs" (did it perfectly), a sister may call it "mid" (average),…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+7); the same thing acted on «song» (+5). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Uncle says Thriller sold a billion "because my mate told me". What is the wise move?

- **1.** Believe it, because uncles are always right — no support
- **2.** Add a few more millions to be safe — no support
- **3.** Check big numbers, because they grow when repeated — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Repeat it to everyone at school — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 4: «Big numbers grow as they are passed around, rumours spread faster than proof, and songs often come from long before the film where you first heard them, so the…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+3); the same doer «big numbers» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Jess: "Everyone's saying the singer hates her band, so it's true." What is the flaw?

- **1.** Rumours are only false on weekends — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Many people repeating a rumour does not make it proof — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Rumours are always made up by the singer — no support
- **4.** Nothing, if everyone keeps saying it, then it has to be true — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Which of these is public record and not opinion?

- **1.** Which band was the coolest ever — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Which song is the best of all time — no support
- **3.** Whose voice is the nicest — no support
- **4.** The year a song reached number one — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Identify the principal basis upon which the Billboard Hot 100 is compiled.

- **1.** The personal preference of radio presenters — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The deliberation of a panel of expert judges — no support
- **3.** The aggregation of sales, streams and radio plays — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** A ballot of the readers of a newspaper — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the participation of states in the Eurovision Song Contest.

- **1.** Participation is confined to the victor of the preceding contest — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Participation is confined exclusively to member states of the European Union — no support
- **3.** Certain states outside Europe, including Australia, are admitted as participants — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Participation is confined to states in which English is spoken — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the attainment of first place in a weekly chart?

- **1.** It denotes a certification of quality by critics — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It denotes that the composition is the best ever recorded — no support
- **3.** It denotes the greatest popularity during that week, not superior quality — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** It denotes the personal approval of the performer — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Ascertain the origin of the melody widely known in English as "Carol of the Bells".

- **1.** A composition by a performer of popular music in 1994 — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** An original composition for a motion picture of the 1990s — no support
- **3.** The Ukrainian New Year song "Shchedryk", arranged by Mykola Leontovych — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** A traditional English hymn of unknown authorship — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/e4/)

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