Test 3 · ★★ · Famous paintings and the stories behind them
A cartoon shows The Scream figure yelling at the viewer. What does the cartoon get wrong?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, Scream figure · What happens: show, yell, get · To what, where: Scream figure
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: A cartoon shows The Scream figure yelling at the viewer.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 figure | det |
| 5 | Scream | scream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 figure | compound |
| 6 | figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 7 | yelling | yell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 figure | acl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 viewer | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 viewer | det |
| 10 | viewer | viewer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 yelling | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | the Scream figure | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent figure=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | yell speech: express | gerund | the Scream figure not said here | at the viewer | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at viewer=Stimulus |
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 does the cartoon get wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 get | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cartoon | det |
| 4 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | nsubj |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 get | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · do-support | the cartoon | wrong property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1
The figure is singing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 figure | det |
| 2 | figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 singing | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 singing | aux |
| 4 | singing | sing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | present · progressive | the figure | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The figure is laughing at a joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 figure | det |
| 2 | figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 laughing | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 laughing | aux |
| 4 | laughing | laugh | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 joke | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 joke | det |
| 7 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 laughing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present · progressive | the figure | a joke | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Munch said the figure hears a scream and covers its ears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Munch | Munch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 figure | det |
| 4 | figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hears | nsubj |
| 5 | hears | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 said | ccomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 scream | det |
| 7 | scream | scream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hears | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 covers | cc |
| 9 | covers | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hears | conj |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 ears | nmod:poss |
| 11 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 covers | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Munch | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | hear | present | the figure | a scream | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer scream=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | cover | present | the figure not said here | figure's ears | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ear=Destination |
Option 4
Nothing, the figure is clearly shouting at us
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 shouting | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 figure | det |
| 4 | figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shouting | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 shouting | aux |
| 6 | clearly | clearly | ADV | _ | 7 shouting | advmod |
| 7 | shouting | shout | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 us | case |
| 9 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 shouting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present · progressive | the figure | at us; clearly property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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