Test 8 · ★★ · Famous paintings and the stories behind them
Tiana says the pearl earring film is "what really happened". What is wise?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tiana, pearl earring film · What happens: say, be · To what, where: pearl earring film · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Tiana says the pearl earring film is "what really happened".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiana | Tiana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 film | det |
| 4 | pearl | pearl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 film | compound |
| 5 | earring | earring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 film | compound |
| 6 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | obj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 happened | cop |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 happened | punct |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 happened | nsubj |
| 10 | really | really | ADV | _ | 11 happened | advmod |
| 11 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 film | acl:relcl |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 film | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Tiana | the pearl earring film | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent film=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | the pearl earring film | happen 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 wise?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wise | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wise | cop |
| 3 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wise | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Believe it, films about art are always true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Believe | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 films | punct |
| 4 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 true | nsubj |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 art | case |
| 6 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 films | nmod |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 true | cop |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 true | advmod |
| 9 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Believe | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | imperative | you not said here | it | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | present | films about art | always, true property | tree rules |
Option 2
The film was made by Vermeer himself, long ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 film | det |
| 2 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux:pass |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 Vermeer | case |
| 6 | Vermeer | Vermeer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| 7 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 made | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 ago | punct |
| 9 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 ago | advmod |
| 10 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 4 made | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | Vermeer | the film | Vermeer obl; ago property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Enjoy it, but know the story is made up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enjoy | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Enjoy | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 know | punct |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 know | cc |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Enjoy | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 story | det |
| 7 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 made | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 made | aux:pass |
| 9 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 know | ccomp |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 made | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enjoy | imperative | you not said here | it | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | know | infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | make up | present · passive | the story | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot |
Option 4
The girl's real name is printed on the painting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 name | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 girl | case |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 name | amod |
| 5 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 printed | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 printed | aux:pass |
| 7 | printed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root | |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 painting | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 painting | det |
| 10 | painting | painting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 printed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | present · passive | the girl's real name | the painting | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on painting=Destination | |||||
| 2 | name | the girl | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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