Exam question 2 · Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahlo, Picasso, Hokusai,…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, painting

This is exam question 2 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 painting	det
11	painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 ceiling	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ceiling	det
14	Sistine	Sistine	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Chapel	compound
15	Chapel	Chapel	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 ceiling	compound
16	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 painting	nmod
17	by	by	ADP	_	18 Michelangelo	case
18	Michelangelo	Michelangelo	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 ceiling	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the painting of the Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus painting=Experiencer

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

It was executed while the artist lay supine upon a couch for its entire duration

The tree, 15 words

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	3 executed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 executed	aux:pass
3	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 lay	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 artist	det
6	artist	artist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lay	nsubj
7	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 executed	advcl
8	supine	supine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lay	obj
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 couch	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 couch	det
11	couch	couch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lay	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	15 duration	case
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 duration	nmod:poss
14	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 duration	amod
15	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	execute	past · passive		It					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	lie	past	the artist	supine				upon a couch; for artist's entire duration	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location supine=Theme

Option 2

It was executed in the twentieth century

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	3 executed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 executed	aux:pass
3	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 century	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 century	det
6	twentieth	twentieth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 century	amod
7	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 executed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	execute	past · passive		It			century		vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It was executed between 1508 and 1512 in a standing posture upon a scaffold

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	3 executed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 executed	aux:pass
3	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	between	between	ADP	_	5 1508	case
5	1508	1508	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 executed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 1512	cc
7	1512	1512	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 1508	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 posture	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 posture	det
10	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 posture	amod
11	posture	posture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 executed	obl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 scaffold	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 scaffold	det
14	scaffold	scaffold	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 posture	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	execute	past · passive		It		a standing posture upon a scaffold		between 1508	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	stand	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It was executed upon the floor and subsequently raised

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	3 executed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 executed	aux:pass
3	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 floor	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 floor	det
6	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 executed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 raised	cc
8	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	9 raised	advmod
9	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 executed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	execute	past · passive		It				upon the floor	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	raise	participle						subsequently property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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