Exam question 3 · Painting: paints, brushes, mess and mistakes

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "overworking"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: term

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 term	det
10	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 overworking	punct
12	overworking	overworking	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 term	appos
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 overworking	punct
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the term				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 working of a painter beyond the hours of the art room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 working	det
2	working	working	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 painter	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 painter	det
5	painter	painter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 working	nmod
6	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	8 hours	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hours	det
8	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 working	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 room	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 room	det
11	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 room	compound
12	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hours	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The application of a protective varnish to a painting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 application	det
2	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 varnish	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 varnish	det
5	protective	protective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 varnish	amod
6	varnish	varnish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 application	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 painting	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 painting	det
9	painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 varnish	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply		a protective varnish to a painting						nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The addition of excessive paint or detail until the picture becomes muddied

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 addition	det
2	addition	addition	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 becomes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 paint	case
4	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 paint	amod
5	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 addition	nmod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 detail	cc
7	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paint	conj
8	until	until	ADP	_	10 picture	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 picture	det
10	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 addition	nmod
11	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	muddied	muddy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 becomes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	the addition of excessive paint or detail until the picture						tree rules
2	muddy	participle	the addition of excessive paint or detail until the picture not said here						vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The painting upon wet paper so that colours spread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 painting	det
2	painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 paper	case
4	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 paper	amod
5	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 painting	nmod
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 spread	mark
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 colours	det
8	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 spread	nsubj
9	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 painting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	present	that colours						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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