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Test 6 · ★ · Painting: paints, brushes, mess and mistakes

Freddie's aunt says, "Knowing when to stop is half the job, kiddo." What should he do while painting?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: aunt, Knowing, Freddie · What happens: say, know, stop, be, do, paint · To what, where: job · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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: Freddie's aunt says, "Knowing when to stop is half the job, kiddo."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Freddie	Freddie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 aunt	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Freddie	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	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Knowing	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Knowing	punct
7	Knowing	know	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 job	csubj
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 stop	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 stop	mark
10	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 Knowing	xcomp
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 job	cop
12	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	14 job	det:predet
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 job	det
14	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 kiddo	punct
16	kiddo	kiddo	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 job	vocative
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 job	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 job	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Freddie's aunt						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	know in a quote	gerund							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	stop in a quote	to-infinitive							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	is a in a quote	present	Knowing	half job				kiddo vocative	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 should he do while painting?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 painting	mark
6	painting	paint	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 do	advcl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	Freddie						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	paint	gerund	Freddie not said here						vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Never stop until the whole picture is completely dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 stop	advmod
2	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 dark	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 picture	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 picture	amod
6	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dark	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 dark	cop
8	completely	completely	ADV	_	9 dark	advmod
9	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stop	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	is	present	the whole picture					completely, dark property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Step back often and stop when it looks right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 back	compound
2	back	back	ADV	_	3 often	advmod
3	often	often	ADV	_	5 stop	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 stop	cc
5	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 looks	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 looks	nsubj
8	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stop	advcl
9	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 looks	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here					often property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	look	present	it					right property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Paint with his eyes shut so he does not see the mess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shut	nsubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 eyes	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Paint	nmod
5	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 see	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 see	nsubj
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 see	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 see	advmod
10	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 shut	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mess	det
12	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	present · do-support	Paint	the mess					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mess=Stimulus

Option 4

Keep adding more paint until the paper is full

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	adding	add	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 full	csubj
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 paint	amod
4	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 adding	obj
5	until	until	ADP	_	7 paper	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 paper	det
7	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 adding	obl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 full	cop
9	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here						vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	add speech: assert	gerund		more paint			until the paper		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paint=Patient
3	is	present	adding					full 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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