Exam question 2 · Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing what you really see
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the acquisition of skill in drawing.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, acquire · To what, where: response, acquisition, skill
This is exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing what you really see» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Select | select | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 response | det |
| 3 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 4 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Select | xcomp |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 facts | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 facts | det |
| 7 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 facts | amod |
| 8 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consistent | obl |
| 9 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 facts | acl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 acquisition | det |
| 11 | acquisition | acquisition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 skill | case |
| 13 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 acquisition | nmod |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 drawing | case |
| 15 | drawing | drawing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 skill | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | consistent property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | |||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 3 | concern | gerund | the established facts not said here | the acquisition of skill in drawing | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus acquisition=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | acquire | skill in drawing | nom acquisition «act transitive»: of=patient |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
The options
Option 1
Skill in drawing depends wholly upon the steadiness of the hand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 depends | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 drawing | case |
| 3 | drawing | drawing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Skill | nmod |
| 4 | depends | depend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | wholly | wholly | ADV | _ | 4 depends | advmod |
| 6 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 8 steadiness | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 steadiness | det |
| 8 | steadiness | steadiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 depends | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 hand | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 hand | det |
| 11 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 steadiness | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | depend | present | Skill in drawing | upon the steadiness of the hand; wholly property | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Skill in drawing is fixed at birth and cannot be improved
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fixed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 drawing | case |
| 3 | drawing | drawing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Skill | nmod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fixed | aux:pass |
| 5 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 birth | case |
| 7 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fixed | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 improved | cc |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 improved | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 improved | advmod |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 improved | aux:pass |
| 12 | improved | improve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 fixed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | present · passive | Skill in drawing | birth | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at birth=Value | ||||
| 2 | not improve | can · passive | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Skill in drawing may be acquired solely at an academy of art
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 acquired | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 3 drawing | mark |
| 3 | drawing | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Skill | acl |
| 4 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 acquired | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 acquired | aux:pass |
| 6 | acquired | acquire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | solely | solely | ADV | _ | 6 acquired | advmod |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 academy | case |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 academy | det |
| 10 | academy | academy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 acquired | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 art | case |
| 12 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 academy | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | gerund | Skill not said here | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | acquire | may · passive | Skill | a academy of art | solely property | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Skill in drawing improves substantially with practice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 improves | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 drawing | case |
| 3 | drawing | drawing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Skill | nmod |
| 4 | improves | improve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | substantially | substantially | ADV | _ | 4 improves | advmod |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 practice | case |
| 7 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 improves | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | improve | present | Skill in drawing | with practice; substantially property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with practice=Instrument |
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