Test 1 · ★ · Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing what you really see
Your mate goes, "real artists never rub anything out, they just get it right first go." Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, real artists, artists, he · What happens: go, not rub out, get, be · To what, where: anything, mate
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 12 «Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing what you really see» of the arts course of Mova's primary school. 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
Sentence 1: Your mate goes, "real artists never rub anything out, they just get it right first go."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 rub | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 rub | punct |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 artists | amod |
| 7 | artists | artist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 rub | nsubj |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 rub | advmod |
| 9 | rub | rub | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 goes | conj |
| 10 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 rub | obj |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 rub | compound:prt |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 get | punct |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 get | nsubj |
| 14 | just | just | ADV | _ | 15 get | advmod |
| 15 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 goes | conj |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 get | obj |
| 17 | right | right | ADV | _ | 19 go | advmod |
| 18 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 19 go | advmod |
| 19 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 get | xcomp |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your mate | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not rub out in a quote | present | real artists | anything | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | ||||
| 3 | get in a quote | present | artists = artist | mate | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | go in a quote | infinitive | mate not said here | first, right property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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.
Sentence 2: Is he right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, because real artists never actually draw anything at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 draw | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 draw | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 draw | mark |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 artists | amod |
| 5 | artists | artist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 draw | nsubj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 draw | advmod |
| 7 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 8 draw | advmod |
| 8 | draw | draw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 draw | obj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 all | case |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 draw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not draw | infinitive | real artists | anything | all | actually property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, rubbers are banned in all art schools and studios
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 banned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | rubbers | rubber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 banned | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 banned | aux:pass |
| 5 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 schools | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 schools | det |
| 8 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 schools | compound |
| 9 | schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 banned | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 studios | cc |
| 11 | studios | studio | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 schools | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ban | present · passive | rubbers | all art schools and studios | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, most start with rough shapes and fix them step by step
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 start | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 start | punct |
| 3 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 start | nsubj |
| 4 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 shapes | case |
| 6 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 shapes | amod |
| 7 | shapes | shape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 start | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 fix | cc |
| 9 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 start | conj |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fix | obj |
| 11 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fix | obj |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 step | case |
| 13 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fix | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | most | with rough shapes | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with shape=Subeventuality | ||||
| 2 | fix | infinitive | most not said here | shapes = shape | by step | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary step=Product |
Option 4
Yes, but only for painters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 painters | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 painters | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 painters | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 painters | case |
| 6 | painters | painter | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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