Test 11 · ★ · Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahlo, Picasso, Hokusai,…

What would have happened to Prymachenko's paintings in the museum fire if locals hadn't acted, as was reported?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: happen, not act, report · To what, where: locals

This is test 11 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happened	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happened	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 happened	aux
4	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 paintings	case
6	Prymachenko	Prymachenko	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 paintings	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Prymachenko	case
8	paintings	painting	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 happened	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 fire	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fire	det
11	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fire	compound
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 paintings	nmod
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	17 acted	mark
14	locals	local	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 acted	nsubj:pass
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 acted	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 acted	advmod
17	acted	act	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 happened	advcl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 reported	punct
19	as	as	SCONJ	_	21 reported	mark
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 reported	aux:pass
21	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 acted	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	happen	would · perfect		to Prymachenko's paintings in the museum fire	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not act a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive	locals		vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: subject=Eventuality
3	report	past · passive			vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»

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

They would have been sold for millions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sold	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 sold	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 sold	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 sold	aux:pass
5	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 millions	case
7	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	would · perfect · passive		They				for millions	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for million=Asset

Option 2

They would have moved to China

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 moved	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 moved	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 moved	aux
4	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 China	case
6	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	would · perfect · passive		They	China				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme to china=Result

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Many more of them would likely have been lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lost	nsubj:pass
2	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Many	conj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 them	case
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 more	nmod
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 lost	aux
6	likely	likely	ADV	_	9 lost	advmod
7	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 lost	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 lost	aux:pass
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	would · perfect · passive		Many				likely property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4

They would have been safe in the fire anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 safe	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 safe	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 safe	cop
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 fire	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fire	det
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 safe	obl
9	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	5 safe	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would · perfect	They			the fire		anyway, safe property	tree rules

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