What makes に基づいて instead of に応じて the correct choice for this question?


I'm working on some example questions from my grammar textbook. One of them I
listed below:

> 税金はこの表（ ）計算されています。
>
> ア）につれて イ）に応じて ウ）に比べて エ）に基づいて

I'm unsure why 「に基づいて」is the only correct answer. What is the reason that
「に応じて」is inappropriate?




に応じて means "in response to", "being adopted to", "proportional to (in the non-
technical sense)", and does not fit the expected meaning. に基づいて means " based
on", and fits the meaning.




I'm pretty much just saying what everyone else has already, but to add some
examples etc...:

  * `基づく` means "to be based on", so `に基づいて` means "based on":

> 税金はこの表に基づいて計算されています。  
>  Taxes are calculated based on this [table/chart].

  * `応じる` means "to respond", so `に応じて` means "in response to", "dependant on", "in accordance with" etc. 

`Aに応じてB` can have nuances of "`B` is done to the extent/degree of `A`"/"`B` in
a way which caters to `A`" (examples from [Tatoeba](http://tatoeba.org/eng/)):

> あなたは収入に応じて生活しなければならない。  
>  You must live according to your income.

  * `AにつれてB` means "As `A` happens, so does `B`", for example:

> これらの木が大きくなるにつれて芝生に光がなくなる。  
>  As these trees get larger, the light that shines on the lawn also
> diminishes.

  * `比べる` means "to compare", so `Aに比べてB` means "compared with `A`, `B`" (this example from [浜島書店 Catch a Wave](http://catchawave.jp/)):

> 20代の人々に比べて、10代はめったに映画館に行かない。  
>  Compared with people in their twenties, teenagers rarely go to the cinema.

