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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".

nsubjnsubjcoppunctccomppunctpunctrootZaraPROPNsaysVERBGuernicaPROPNisAUX"PUNCTgrimADJ"PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ZaraZaraPROPNNumber=Sing2 saysnsubj
2sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3GuernicaGuernicaPROPNNumber=Sing6 grimnsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 grimcop
5""PUNCT_6 grimpunct
6grimgrimADJDegree=Pos2 saysccomp
7""PUNCT_6 grimpunct
8..PUNCT_2 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentZaravn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2is in a quotepresentGuernicagrim propertytree 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?

nsubjcopcaseoblccamodconjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtrueADJaboutADPartNOUNandCCONJgrimADJthingsNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 truensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4aboutaboutADP_5 artcase
5artartNOUNNumber=Sing3 trueobl
6andandCCONJ_8 thingscc
7grimgrimADJDegree=Pos8 thingsamod
8thingsthingNOUNNumber=Plur5 artconj
9??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentabout art and grim things; true propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Art must always be pretty to be good

nsubjauxadvmodcopadvmodmarkcoprootArtNOUNmustAUXalwaysADVbeAUXprettyADVtoPARTbeAUXgoodADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ArtartNOUNNumber=Sing8 goodnsubj
2mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin8 goodaux
3alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot5 prettyadvmod
4bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf5 prettycop
5prettyprettyADV_8 goodadvmod
6totoPART_8 goodmark
7bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf8 goodcop
8goodgoodADJDegree=Posrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1isinfinitivealways, pretty propertytree rules
2ismustArtgood propertytree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Some great art shows terrible things so people remember

detamodnsubjamodobjmarknsubjadvclrootSomeDETgreatADJartNOUNshowsVERBterribleADJthingsNOUNsoSCONJpeopleNOUNrememberVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SomesomeDETPronType=Ind3 artdet
2greatgreatADJDegree=Pos3 artamod
3artartNOUNNumber=Sing4 showsnsubj
4showsshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5terribleterribleADJDegree=Pos6 thingsamod
6thingsthingNOUNNumber=Plur4 showsobj
7sosoSCONJ_9 remembermark
8peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur9 remembernsubj
9rememberrememberVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 showsadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpresentsome great artterrible thingsvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient
2rememberpresentpeoplevn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Grim pictures are never put in museums or shown anywhere

amodnsubj:passaux:passadvmodcaseoblccconjadvmodrootGrimADJpicturesNOUNareAUXneverADVputVERBinADPmuseumsNOUNorCCONJshownVERBanywhereADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GrimgrimADJDegree=Pos2 picturesamod
2picturespictureNOUNNumber=Plur5 putnsubj:pass
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 putaux:pass
4neverneverADVPronType=Neg5 putadvmod
5putputVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6ininADP_7 museumscase
7museumsmuseumNOUNNumber=Plur5 putobl
8ororCCONJ_9 showncc
9shownshowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 putconj
10anywhereanywhereADVPronType=Ind9 shownadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not putpresent · passiveGrim picturesmuseumsvn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in museum=Destination
2showparticipleanywhere propertyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Picasso only painted happy pictures

nsubjadvmodamodobjrootPicassoPROPNonlyADVpaintedVERBhappyADJpicturesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PicassoPicassoPROPNNumber=Sing3 paintednsubj
2onlyonlyADV_3 paintedadvmod
3paintedpaintVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4happyhappyADJDegree=Pos5 picturesamod
5picturespictureNOUNNumber=Plur3 paintedobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1paintpastPicassohappy picturesvn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent picture=Destination

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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