Test 9 · ★ · Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing what you really see
Ben's aunt says her hands shake too. What does that show?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: aunt, hands, that · What happens: say, shake, show · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Ben's aunt says her hands shake too.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 aunt | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ben | case |
| 3 | aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 hands | nmod:poss |
| 6 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 shake | nsubj |
| 7 | shake | shake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | ccomp |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 shake | advmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ben's aunt | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | shake | present | aunt's hands | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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 that show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | that | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
Only people with steady hands become illustrators
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 people | advmod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 become | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 hands | case |
| 4 | steady | steady | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hands | amod |
| 5 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 people | nmod |
| 6 | become | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | illustrators | illustrator | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 become | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present | people with steady hands | illustrators | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
She must have stopped drawing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stopped | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 stopped | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 stopped | aux |
| 4 | stopped | stop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | drawing | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 stopped | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | must · perfect | She | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | draw | gerund | She not said here | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Shaky hands always make better artists than steady ones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shaky | shaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 hands | amod |
| 2 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 make | advmod |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 artists | amod |
| 6 | artists | artist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | obj |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 ones | case |
| 8 | steady | steady | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 ones | amod |
| 9 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Shaky hands | better artists | than steady ones; always property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset artist=Product |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
You don't need perfectly steady hands to draw
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 need | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 need | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 need | advmod |
| 4 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | perfectly | perfectly | ADV | _ | 6 steady | advmod |
| 6 | steady | steady | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hands | amod |
| 7 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 need | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 draw | mark |
| 9 | draw | draw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 need | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not need | present · do-support | You | steady hands | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hand=Theme | ||||
| 2 | draw | to-infinitive | You not said here | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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