Test 1 · ★ · Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahlo, Picasso, Hokusai,…
Your mate goes, "if your art's good, people notice straight away." Which artist proves him wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, people, artist · What happens: go, notice, prove · To what, where: mate
This is test 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. 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: Your mate goes, "if your art's good, people notice straight away."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 good | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 good | punct |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 good | mark |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 art | nmod:poss |
| 8 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 good | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 art | case |
| 10 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 goes | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 notice | punct |
| 12 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 notice | nsubj |
| 13 | notice | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 goes | advcl |
| 14 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 15 away | advmod |
| 15 | away | away | ADV | _ | 13 notice | advmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your mate | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | notice in a quote | present | people | away property | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: Which artist proves him wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 artist | det |
| 2 | artist | artist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 proves | nsubj |
| 3 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 proves | obj |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 proves | xcomp |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 proves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present | which artist | mate | wrong property | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Picasso, who was famous young
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Picasso | Picasso | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 young | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 young | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 young | cop |
| 5 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 young | amod |
| 6 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Picasso | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Picasso | young property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Van Gogh, who sold very few paintings in his life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Van | Van | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 sold | nsubj |
| 2 | Gogh | Gogh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Van | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sold | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 sold | nsubj |
| 5 | sold | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 few | advmod |
| 7 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 paintings | amod |
| 8 | paintings | painting | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sold | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 life | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 life | nmod:poss |
| 11 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | past | Van | few paintings | Van's life | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent painting=Theme |
Option 3
Basquiat, who became famous young in New York
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basquiat | Basquiat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 became | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 became | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 became | nsubj |
| 4 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 young | amod |
| 6 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 became | xcomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 York | case |
| 8 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 York | flat |
| 9 | York | York | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 became | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past | Basquiat | in New York result; young property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in york=Result |
Option 4
Qi Baishi, who became famous while he lived
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qi | Qi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 became | nsubj |
| 2 | Baishi | Baishi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Qi | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 became | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 became | nsubj |
| 5 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 became | xcomp |
| 7 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 9 lived | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 lived | nsubj |
| 9 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 became | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past | Qi | famous property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | live | past | Qi | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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