Test 7 · ★ · Painting: paints, brushes, mess and mistakes
Your teacher says a picture should always be as neat as possible. What could be added?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, picture · What happens: say, be, add · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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 teacher says a picture should always be as neat as possible.
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 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 picture | det |
| 5 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 neat | nsubj |
| 6 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 neat | aux |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 10 neat | advmod |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 neat | cop |
| 9 | as | as | ADV | _ | 10 neat | advmod |
| 10 | neat | neat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 possible | mark |
| 12 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 neat | advcl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your teacher | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | should | a picture | always, neat 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 could be added?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 added | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 added | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 added | aux:pass |
| 4 | added | add | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 added | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | could · passive | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Some styles look better loose and free
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 styles | det |
| 2 | styles | style | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 look | nsubj |
| 3 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 look | xcomp |
| 5 | loose | loose | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 look | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 free | cc |
| 7 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 loose | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | some styles | good, loose property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
Messy pictures are banned in all galleries
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Messy | messy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 pictures | amod |
| 2 | pictures | picture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 banned | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 banned | aux:pass |
| 4 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 galleries | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 galleries | det |
| 7 | galleries | gallery | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 banned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ban | present · passive | Messy pictures | all galleries | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
Neatness is the only thing that matters in all art
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neatness | neatness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 thing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 thing | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 matters | nsubj |
| 7 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 thing | acl:relcl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 art | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 art | det |
| 10 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 matters | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Neatness | the only thing | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | matter | present | the only thing | all art | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
Loose painting is only for babies who can't hold a brush
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loose | loose | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 painting | amod |
| 2 | painting | painting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 babies | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 babies | cop |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 babies | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 babies | case |
| 6 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 hold | nsubj |
| 8 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 hold | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 hold | advmod |
| 10 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 babies | acl:relcl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 brush | det |
| 12 | brush | brush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hold | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Loose painting | for babies | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not hold | can | babies | a brush | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brush=Theme |
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