Test 10 · ★ · Painting: paints, brushes, mess and mistakes
Noah says his brush is "trash" (rubbish). What is the likely real problem?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Noah, brush, likely real problem · What happens: say, be · To what, where: trash · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ 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: Noah says his brush is "trash" (rubbish).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 brush | nmod:poss |
| 4 | brush | brush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 trash | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 trash | cop |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 trash | punct |
| 7 | trash | trash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 trash | punct |
| 9 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 10 rubbish | punct |
| 10 | rubbish | rubbish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 trash | appos |
| 11 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 10 rubbish | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Noah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Noah's brush | trash | 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 is the likely real problem?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 problem | det |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 problem | amod |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 problem | amod |
| 6 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the likely real problem | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He needs an even bigger brush for the tiny windows
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 | 2 needs | nsubj |
| 2 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 brush | det |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 5 bigger | advmod |
| 5 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 brush | amod |
| 6 | brush | brush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 needs | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 windows | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 windows | det |
| 9 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 windows | amod |
| 10 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 brush | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | He | a bigger brush | for the tiny windows | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot brush=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He is using a big brush for tiny details
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 using | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 using | aux |
| 3 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 brush | det |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 brush | amod |
| 6 | brush | brush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 using | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 details | case |
| 8 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 details | amod |
| 9 | details | detail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 using | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present · progressive | He | a big brush | for tiny details | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent brush=Theme for detail=Eventuality |
Option 3
His brush is made of rubbish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 brush | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brush | brush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux:pass |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 rubbish | case |
| 6 | rubbish | rubbish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | His brush | of rubbish | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 4
All brushes are the same
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 brushes | det |
| 2 | brushes | brush | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 same | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 same | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 same | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | all brushes | same property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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