Test 1 · ★★ · Famous paintings and the stories behind them
Your mate goes, "famous paintings are always massive, that's why they're famous." What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, famous paintings, that, paintings · What happens: go, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 15 «Famous paintings and the stories behind them» 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 mate goes, "famous paintings are always massive, that's why they're famous."
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 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 massive | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 massive | punct |
| 6 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 paintings | amod |
| 7 | paintings | painting | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 massive | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 massive | cop |
| 9 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 10 massive | advmod |
| 10 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 goes | parataxis |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 why | punct |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 why | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 why | cop |
| 14 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 massive | parataxis |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 famous | nsubj |
| 16 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 famous | cop |
| 17 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 why | advcl:relcl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your mate | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | famous paintings | always, massive property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | that | why property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | paintings = painting | famous 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 is wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Many are small; fame comes from history and stories too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 small | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 small | cop |
| 3 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 comes | punct |
| 5 | fame | fame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 comes | nsubj |
| 6 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 small | parataxis |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 history | case |
| 8 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 comes | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 stories | cc |
| 10 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 history | conj |
| 11 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 comes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Many | small property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come | present | fame | history and stories | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from history=Initial_Location |
Option 2
Famous paintings are always the smallest ones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 paintings | amod |
| 2 | paintings | painting | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 ones | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 ones | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 ones | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ones | det |
| 6 | smallest | small | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 ones | amod |
| 7 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Famous paintings | the smallest ones | always property | tree rules |
Option 3
Nothing, every famous painting is huge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 huge | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 painting | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 painting | det |
| 4 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 painting | amod |
| 5 | painting | painting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 huge | cop |
| 7 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing | huge property | tree rules |
Option 4
Size is the only thing that matters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Size | size | 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 |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Size | the only thing | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | matter | present | the only thing | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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