Exam question 1 · Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahlo, Picasso, Hokusai,…

Identify the principal circumstance which gave rise to the numerous self-portraits of Frida Kahlo.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal circumstance · What happens: identify, give, portray · To what, where: principal circumstance, rise, numerous self portraits, Frida Kahlo

This is exam question 1 of lesson 16 «Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahlo, Picasso, Hokusai, Bilokur, Prymachenko, Qi Baishi...)» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 circumstance	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 circumstance	amod
4	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 gave	nsubj
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 circumstance	acl:relcl
7	rise	rise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	13 portraits	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 portraits	det
10	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 portraits	amod
11	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 portraits	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 self	punct
13	portraits	portrait	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gave	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 Kahlo	case
15	Frida	Frida	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Kahlo	compound
16	Kahlo	Kahlo	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 portraits	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal circumstance		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme
2	give	past	the principal circumstance	rise	the numerous self portraits of Frida Kahlo	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rise=Theme to portrait=Recipient
3	portray			Frida Kahlo		nom portrait «communication transitive»: of=patient

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A commission from the government of Mexico

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 commission	det
2	commission	commission	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 government	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 government	det
5	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commission	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Mexico	case
7	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 government	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Prolonged confinement to bed after a road accident, with a mirror placed above her

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	confinement	confinement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Prolonged	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 bed	case
4	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Prolonged	obl
5	after	after	ADP	_	8 accident	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 accident	det
7	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 accident	compound
8	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Prolonged	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mirror	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 mirror	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 mirror	det
12	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 accident	appos
13	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 mirror	acl
14	above	above	ADP	_	15 her	case
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prolong	participle		confinement			after a road accident	to bed	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent confinement=Theme
2	place	participle		a mirror not said here				above her = she	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent above she=Destination

Option 3

A legal prohibition upon the depiction of other subjects by women painters in Mexico

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 prohibition	det
2	legal	legal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 prohibition	amod
3	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 depiction	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 depiction	det
6	depiction	depiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibition	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 subjects	case
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 subjects	amod
9	subjects	subject	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 depiction	nmod
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 painters	case
11	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 painters	compound
12	painters	painter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibition	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 Mexico	case
14	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 painters	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit		women painters in Mexico					upon the depiction of other subjects	nom prohibition «communication transitive»: upon=obl by=agent
2	depict			other subjects					nom depiction «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A conviction that she possessed unrivalled beauty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 conviction	det
2	conviction	conviction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 possessed	nsubj
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 possessed	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 possessed	nsubj
5	possessed	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	unrivalled	unrivalled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 beauty	amod
7	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 possessed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	past	a conviction	unrivalled beauty					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot beauty=Theme

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