Exam question 2 · Painting: paints, brushes, mess and mistakes

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the painting of a mural upon a wall.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, painting

This is exam question 2 of lesson 14 «Painting: paints, brushes, mess and mistakes» 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 painting	det
11	painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 mural	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 mural	det
14	mural	mural	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 painting	nmod
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 wall	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 wall	det
17	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 mural	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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 painting of a mural upon a wall		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus painting=Experiencer

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Permission is required, and in its absence such painting constitutes damage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 damage	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 damage	cc
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 absence	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 absence	nmod:poss
8	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 damage	obl
9	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 constitutes	amod
10	painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 constitutes	compound
11	constitutes	constitute	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 damage	nsubj
12	damage	damage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Permission		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition
2	damage	present	such painting constitutes		Permission's absence	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	absent		Permission			nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

No permission is required for any work of art upon any wall whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 permission	det
2	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 required	aux:pass
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 work	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 work	det
7	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 art	case
9	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 work	nmod
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 wall	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 wall	det
12	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	obl
13	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	4 required	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		no permission				for any work of art; upon any wall; whatsoever property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition
2	work		art						nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

Permission is required only for walls in public buildings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	3 required	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 walls	case
6	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 buildings	case
8	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 buildings	amod
9	buildings	building	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Permission		public buildings		for walls	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 4

Murals may be painted solely by children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Murals	mural	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 painted	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 painted	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 painted	aux:pass
4	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 painted	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 children	case
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 painted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	may · passive	children	Murals				solely property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination

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