Test 9 · ★ · Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahlo, Picasso, Hokusai,…
Ava says Leonardo "was an artist AND a scientist, that's mad". Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ava, Leonardo, that · What happens: say, be · To what, where: artist · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Ava says Leonardo "was an artist AND a scientist, that's mad".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Leonardo | Leonardo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 artist | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Leonardo | punct |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 artist | cop |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 artist | det |
| 7 | artist | artist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | AND | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 scientist | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 scientist | det |
| 10 | scientist | scientist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 artist | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 mad | punct |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 mad | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 mad | cop |
| 14 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | parataxis |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 mad | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ava | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | past | Leonardo | a artist and a scientist | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | that | mad property | tree rules |
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 is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He was only a scientist, not an artist at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 scientist | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 scientist | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 scientist | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 scientist | det |
| 5 | scientist | scientist | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 artist | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 artist | advmod |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 artist | det |
| 9 | artist | artist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 scientist | appos |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 all | case |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 artist | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | He | a scientist | tree rules |
Option 2
His machines were all built and sold in shops in Italy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 machines | nmod:poss |
| 2 | machines | machine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 built | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 built | aux:pass |
| 4 | all | all | ADV | _ | 5 built | advmod |
| 5 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sold | cc |
| 7 | sold | sell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 built | conj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 shops | case |
| 9 | shops | shop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sold | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 Italy | case |
| 11 | Italy | Italy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 sold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | past · passive | His machines | all property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | sell | participle | shops | in Italy | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He used drawing to study machines, water and bodies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 used | nsubj |
| 2 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | drawing | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 used | xcomp |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 study | mark |
| 5 | study | study | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 drawing | advcl |
| 6 | machines | machine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 study | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 water | punct |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 machines | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 bodies | cc |
| 10 | bodies | body | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 machines | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | past | He | vn consume-66 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Goal | |||||
| 2 | draw | gerund | He not said here | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | study | to-infinitive | He not said here | machines and water and bodies | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent machine=Topic |
Option 4
He never studied anything but paint and brushes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 studied | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 studied | advmod |
| 3 | studied | study | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 studied | obj |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 paint | cc |
| 6 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 anything | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 brushes | cc |
| 8 | brushes | brush | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 anything | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not study | past | He | anything | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Topic |
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