Test 7 · ★★ · Famous paintings and the stories behind them
Zara says Guernica is "grim". What is true about art and grim things?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Zara, Guernica · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Zara says Guernica is "grim".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zara | Zara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Guernica | Guernica | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 grim | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 grim | cop |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 grim | punct |
| 6 | grim | grim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | ccomp |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 grim | punct |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Zara | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Guernica | grim 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 true about art and grim things?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 art | case |
| 5 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 true | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 things | cc |
| 7 | grim | grim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 things | amod |
| 8 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 art | conj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | about art and grim things; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Art must always be pretty to be good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 good | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 good | aux |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 pretty | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 pretty | cop |
| 5 | pretty | pretty | ADV | _ | 8 good | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 good | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 good | cop |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | infinitive | always, pretty property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | must | Art | good property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Some great art shows terrible things so people remember
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 art | det |
| 2 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 art | amod |
| 3 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | nsubj |
| 4 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 things | amod |
| 6 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 shows | obj |
| 7 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 9 remember | mark |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 remember | nsubj |
| 9 | remember | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 shows | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | some great art | terrible things | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | remember | present | people | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Grim pictures are never put in museums or shown anywhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grim | grim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 pictures | amod |
| 2 | pictures | picture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 put | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 put | aux:pass |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 put | advmod |
| 5 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 museums | case |
| 7 | museums | museum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 put | obl |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 shown | cc |
| 9 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 put | conj |
| 10 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 shown | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not put | present · passive | Grim pictures | museums | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in museum=Destination | ||||
| 2 | show | participle | anywhere property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Picasso only painted happy pictures
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Picasso | Picasso | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 painted | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 painted | advmod |
| 3 | painted | paint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pictures | amod |
| 5 | pictures | picture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 painted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paint | past | Picasso | happy pictures | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent picture=Destination |
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