Exam question 2 · Famous paintings and the stories behind them

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the composition of Guernica.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, composition

This is exam question 2 of lesson 15 «Famous paintings and the stories behind them» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 composition	det
11	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Guernica	case
13	Guernica	Guernica	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 composition	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the composition of Guernica		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus composition=Experiencer

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It depicts a peaceful festival in a Spanish village

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 depicts	nsubj
2	depicts	depict	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 festival	det
4	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 festival	amod
5	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 depicts	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 village	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 village	det
8	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 village	amod
9	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 depicts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depict	present	It	a peaceful festival		a Spanish village			vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent festival=Theme

Option 2

It was commissioned as a decoration for a nursery in a Spanish palace by the king

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 commissioned	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 commissioned	aux:pass
3	commissioned	commission	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 decoration	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 decoration	det
6	decoration	decoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 commissioned	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 nursery	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 nursery	det
9	nursery	nursery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 commissioned	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 palace	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 palace	det
12	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 palace	amod
13	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 commissioned	obl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 king	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 commissioned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commission	past · passive	the king	It		a Spanish palace		as a decoration; for a nursery	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme as decoration=Attribute

Option 3

It was executed by Van Gogh in 1889 in a French hospital

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 executed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 executed	aux:pass
3	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Van	case
5	Van	Van	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 executed	obl:agent
6	Gogh	Gogh	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Van	flat
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 1889	case
8	1889	1889	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 executed	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 hospital	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 hospital	det
11	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hospital	amod
12	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 executed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	execute	past · passive	Van	It		1889		in a French hospital	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It was executed by Picasso in 1937 following the bombing of a Spanish town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 executed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 executed	aux:pass
3	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Picasso	case
5	Picasso	Picasso	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 executed	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 1937	case
7	1937	1937	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 executed	obl
8	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 executed	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bombing	det
10	bombing	bombing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 following	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 town	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 town	det
13	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 town	amod
14	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bombing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	execute	past · passive	Picasso	It	1937	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	follow	gerund	Picasso not said here	the bombing of a Spanish town		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bombing=Theme
3	bomb			a Spanish town		nom bombing «act transitive»: of=patient

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