Test 1 · ★ · Painting: paints, brushes, mess and mistakes
Your mate goes, "one brush is enough for everything, innit." What's the problem?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, one brush, problem · What happens: go, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 14 «Painting: paints, brushes, mess and mistakes» 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, "one brush is enough for everything, innit."
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 enough | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 enough | punct |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 brush | nummod |
| 7 | brush | brush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 enough | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 enough | cop |
| 9 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 goes | parataxis |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 everything | case |
| 11 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 enough | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 innit | punct |
| 13 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 everything | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 enough | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your mate | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | one brush | for everything; enough 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.
Sentence 2: What's the problem?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 problem | det |
| 4 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the problem | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
One brush is exactly what all real painters use for everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 brush | nummod |
| 2 | brush | brush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 what | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 what | cop |
| 4 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 5 what | advmod |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 painters | det |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 painters | amod |
| 8 | painters | painter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 use | nsubj |
| 9 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 what | acl:relcl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 everything | case |
| 11 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 use | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | One brush | exactly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | use | present | all real painters | for everything | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Different brushes suit big areas and small details
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 brushes | amod |
| 2 | brushes | brush | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 suit | nsubj |
| 3 | suit | suit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 areas | amod |
| 5 | areas | area | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 suit | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 details | cc |
| 7 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 details | amod |
| 8 | details | detail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 areas | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suit | present | Different brushes | big areas and small details | tree rules |
Option 3
More brushes make the paint dry slower
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | More | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 brushes | amod |
| 2 | brushes | brush | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | nsubj |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 paint | det |
| 5 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obj |
| 6 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 make | xcomp |
| 7 | slower | slow | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | More brushes | the paint | dry, slow property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material paint=Product |
Option 4
Brushes are not needed for painting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brushes | brush | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 needed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 needed | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 needed | advmod |
| 4 | needed | need | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 painting | case |
| 6 | painting | painting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 needed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not need | present · passive | Brushes | for painting | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |
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