Test 8 · ★ · Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing what you really see
Kai's brother says, "Some people can draw and some can't, end of." What does the lesson say?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, people, lesson · What happens: say, draw · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Kai's brother says, "Some people can draw and some can't, end of."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Kai | case |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 draw | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 draw | punct |
| 7 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 people | det |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 draw | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 draw | aux |
| 10 | draw | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 ca | cc |
| 12 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 ca | nsubj |
| 13 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 draw | conj |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 ca | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 end | punct |
| 16 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 draw | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 end | case |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Kai's brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | draw in a quote | can | some people | of end | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient of end=Co-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.
Sentence 2: What does the lesson say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lesson | det |
| 4 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | the lesson | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Only left-handed people can draw
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 people | advmod |
| 2 | left | left | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 handed | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 left | punct |
| 4 | handed | handed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 people | amod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 draw | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 draw | aux |
| 7 | draw | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | can | handed people | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Drawing is pure luck every single time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drawing | draw | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 luck | cop |
| 3 | pure | pure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 luck | amod |
| 4 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drawing | conj |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 time | det |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 time | amod |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drawing | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | gerund | time | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | pure luck | tree rules |
Option 3
He is right, it is fixed from birth for everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 fixed | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 fixed | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fixed | aux:pass |
| 7 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 right | parataxis |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 birth | case |
| 9 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fixed | obl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 everyone | case |
| 11 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 fixed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fix | present · passive | it | birth | for everyone | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for everyone=Beneficiary |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Drawing improves a lot with practice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drawing | drawing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 improves | nsubj |
| 2 | improves | improve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 lot | det |
| 4 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 improves | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 practice | case |
| 6 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 improves | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | improve | present | Drawing | a lot | with practice | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent lot=Patient with practice=Instrument |
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