Test 2 · ★ · Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahlo, Picasso, Hokusai,…
Harry's teacher shows Picasso's drawing at 15. What lesson does that teach?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teacher, Picasso, lesson · What happens: show, draw, teach · To what, where: drawing, 15
This is test 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. 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: Harry's teacher shows Picasso's drawing at 15.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry | Harry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Harry | case |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | nsubj |
| 4 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Picasso | Picasso | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 drawing | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Picasso | case |
| 7 | drawing | drawing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 15 | case |
| 9 | 15 | 15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 shows | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | Harry's teacher | Picasso's drawing | 15 | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent drawing=Recipient | |||
| 2 | draw | Picasso | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
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 lesson does that teach?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 lesson | det |
| 2 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 teach | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 teach | aux |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 teach | nsubj |
| 5 | teach | teach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 teach | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | teach speech: other | present · do-support | what lesson | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Breaking the rules works best once you know them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breaking | break | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 works | csubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 rules | det |
| 3 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Breaking | obj |
| 4 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | best | well | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 works | advmod |
| 6 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 8 know | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 know | nsubj |
| 8 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 works | advcl |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 know | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | gerund | the rules | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient | |||||
| 2 | work | present | Breaking | well property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | know | present | you | rules = rule | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
Option 2
Only teens can draw realistically
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 teens | advmod |
| 2 | teens | teen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 draw | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 draw | aux |
| 4 | draw | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | realistically | realistically | ADV | _ | 4 draw | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | can | teens | realistically property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Picasso was always bad at drawing, even at fifteen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Picasso | Picasso | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 bad | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 bad | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 bad | advmod |
| 4 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 6 drawing | mark |
| 6 | drawing | draw | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 bad | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 fifteen | punct |
| 8 | even | even | ADV | _ | 10 fifteen | advmod |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 fifteen | case |
| 10 | fifteen | fifteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 drawing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Picasso | always, bad property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | draw | gerund | Picasso not said here | fifteen | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Cubism was a mistake he couldn't fix, however hard he tried
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cubism | cubism | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mistake | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 mistake | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mistake | det |
| 4 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fix | nsubj |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 fix | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 fix | advmod |
| 8 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 mistake | acl:relcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 tried | punct |
| 10 | however | however | ADV | _ | 11 hard | advmod |
| 11 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 13 tried | advmod |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 tried | nsubj |
| 13 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 mistake | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Cubism | a mistake | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not fix | could | he | a mistake not said here | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent mistake=Patient | ||||
| 3 | try | past | he | hard property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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