Test 9 · ★ · Painting: paints, brushes, mess and mistakes
Emma calls pysanka patterns "just doodles". What would be a good reply?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Emma · What happens: call, be · To what, where: pysanka patterns, good reply · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Emma calls pysanka patterns "just doodles".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma | Emma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 calls | nsubj |
| 2 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | pysanka | pysanka | X | _ | 4 patterns | compound |
| 4 | patterns | pattern | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 calls | obj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 doodles | punct |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 doodles | advmod |
| 7 | doodles | doodle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 patterns | appos |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 doodles | punct |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 calls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | Emma | pysanka patterns | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pattern=Recipient |
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 would be a good reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 reply | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 reply | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 reply | det |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 reply | amod |
| 6 | reply | reply | 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 | would | a good reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
She's right, folk art never means anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 art | punct |
| 5 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 art | compound |
| 6 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 means | nsubj |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 means | advmod |
| 8 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | parataxis |
| 9 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not mean | present | folk art | anything | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Topic |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Many folk patterns carry old meanings and stories
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 patterns | amod |
| 2 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 patterns | compound |
| 3 | patterns | pattern | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 carry | nsubj |
| 4 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 meanings | amod |
| 6 | meanings | meaning | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 carry | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 stories | cc |
| 8 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 meanings | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | present | Many folk patterns | old meanings and stories | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme |
Option 3
Pysanky are only coloured with felt tips
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pysanky | Pysanky | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 coloured | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 coloured | aux:pass |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 coloured | advmod |
| 4 | coloured | colour | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 tips | case |
| 6 | felt | felt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tips | compound |
| 7 | tips | tip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 coloured | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | colour | present · passive | Pysanky | with felt tips | tree rules |
Option 4
Pysanky are a kind of pizza
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pysanky | Pysanky | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 kind | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 kind | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 kind | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 pizza | case |
| 6 | pizza | pizza | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kind | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Pysanky | a kind | of pizza | tree rules |
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