Test 9 · ★★ · Famous paintings and the stories behind them
Viktor says Repin's painting shows exactly what happened. What is fairer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Viktor, painting · What happens: say, show, happen, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Viktor says Repin's painting shows exactly what happened.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor | Viktor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Repin | Repin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 painting | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Repin | case |
| 5 | painting | painting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shows | nsubj |
| 6 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 7 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 8 what | advmod |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 happened | nsubj |
| 9 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 shows | ccomp |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Viktor | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | show | present | Repin's painting | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | happen | past | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 fairer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 fairer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fairer | cop |
| 3 | fairer | fair | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fairer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fair property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It is a copy of a modern film about Cossacks and sultans
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 copy | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 copy | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 copy | det |
| 4 | copy | copy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 film | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 film | det |
| 7 | modern | modern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 film | amod |
| 8 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 copy | nmod |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 Cossacks | case |
| 10 | Cossacks | Cossack | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 film | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 sultans | cc |
| 12 | sultans | sultan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 Cossacks | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a copy | of a modern film about Cossacks and sultans | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
It shows only made-up animals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 made | advmod |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 animals | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 up | punct |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 made | compound:prt |
| 7 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 shows | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | It | made animals | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | make up | participle | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It shows a legend and the painter's imagination
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 legend | det |
| 4 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shows | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 imagination | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 painter | det |
| 7 | painter | painter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 imagination | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 painter | case |
| 9 | imagination | imagination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 legend | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | It | a legend and the painter's imagination | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent legend=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | imagine | the painter | nom imagination «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
It is a photograph taken in 1891
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 photograph | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 photograph | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 photograph | det |
| 4 | photograph | photograph | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 photograph | acl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 1891 | case |
| 7 | 1891 | 1891 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 taken | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a photograph | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | participle | a photograph not said here | 1891 | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in 1891=Location |
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