Exam question 4 · Famous paintings and the stories behind them

Ascertain the reason for which the work of Hokusai entitled The Great Wave reached a numerous public.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, work, Great Wave, Hokusai · What happens: ascertain, entitle, reach, work · To what, where: reason, numerous public

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 entitled	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 work	det
7	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 entitled	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Hokusai	case
9	Hokusai	Hokusai	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 work	nmod
10	entitled	entitle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl
11	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Wave	det
12	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Wave	amod
13	Wave	Wave	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 reached	nsubj
14	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 entitled	ccomp
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 public	det
16	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 public	amod
17	public	public	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 reached	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	entitle	past	the work of Hokusai		for the reason	tree rules
3	reach	past	the Great Wave	a numerous public		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent public=Theme
4	work		Hokusai			nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent

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

It was broadcast by television in the nineteenth century

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 broadcast	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broadcast	aux:pass
3	broadcast	broadcast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 television	case
5	television	television	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broadcast	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 century	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 century	det
8	nineteenth	nineteenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 century	amod
9	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broadcast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	broadcast speech: other	past · passive	television	It			century		vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

Option 2

It was painted upon a celebrated public building

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 painted	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 painted	aux:pass
3	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 building	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 building	det
6	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 building	amod
7	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 building	amod
8	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 painted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	past · passive		It		a celebrated public building			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme upon building=Destination
2	celebrate	participle							vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It was displayed exclusively in a single private collection

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 displayed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 displayed	aux:pass
3	displayed	display	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 displayed	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 collection	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 collection	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 collection	amod
8	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 collection	amod
9	collection	collection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 displayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	display	past · passive		It		a single private collection		exclusively property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was a woodblock print reproduced in many inexpensive copies

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	5 print	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 print	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 print	det
4	woodblock	woodblock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 print	compound
5	print	print	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	reproduced	reproduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 print	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 copies	case
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 copies	amod
9	inexpensive	inexpensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 copies	amod
10	copies	copy	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 reproduced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a woodblock print					tree rules
2	reproduce	participle		a woodblock print not said here		many inexpensive copies			vn birth-28.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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