Test 7 · ★ · Museums and galleries: how to visit and what is there
Grandad says, "In a war, who cares about paintings?" What is a strong answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, war · What happens: say, care, be · To what, where: strong answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 17 «Museums and galleries: how to visit and what is there» 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: Grandad says, "In a war, who cares about paintings?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 war | punct |
| 5 | In | in | ADP | _ | 7 war | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 war | det |
| 7 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 cares | punct |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 cares | nsubj |
| 10 | cares | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 war | acl:relcl |
| 11 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 paintings | case |
| 12 | paintings | painting | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 cares | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 war | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 war | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: ask | present | Grandad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | care in a quote | present | a war | about paintings | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about painting=Stimulus |
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 is a strong answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 answer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 answer | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 answer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a strong answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Paintings can protect people hiding behind them from bombs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paintings | painting | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 protect | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 protect | aux |
| 3 | protect | protect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 protect | obj |
| 5 | hiding | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 people | acl |
| 6 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 7 them | case |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hiding | obl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 bombs | case |
| 9 | bombs | bomb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hiding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect | can | Paintings | people | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | hide | gerund | people not said here | bombs | behind Paintings = painting | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind they=Location |
Option 2
He's right, art is only decoration
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 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 decoration | punct |
| 5 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 decoration | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 decoration | cop |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 decoration | advmod |
| 8 | decoration | decoration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | art | decoration | tree rules |
Option 3
Museums sell their art in wars to buy tanks and planes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Museums | museum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sell | nsubj |
| 2 | sell | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 art | nmod:poss |
| 4 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sell | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 wars | case |
| 6 | wars | war | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sell | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 buy | mark |
| 8 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 sell | advcl |
| 9 | tanks | tank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 buy | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 planes | cc |
| 11 | planes | plane | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 tanks | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | present | Museums | Museums's art | wars | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Theme | |||
| 2 | buy | to-infinitive | Museums not said here | tanks and planes | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tank=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Art holds a country's memory, so people risk a lot to save it
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 holds | nsubj |
| 2 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 country | det |
| 4 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 memory | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 country | case |
| 6 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 holds | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 risk | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 risk | advmod |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 risk | nsubj |
| 10 | risk | risk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 holds | parataxis |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 lot | det |
| 12 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 risk | obj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 save | mark |
| 14 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 risk | advcl |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 save | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | present | Art | a country's memory | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memory=Theme | ||||
| 2 | risk | present | people | a lot | vn risk-94-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Pivot | ||||
| 3 | save | to-infinitive | people not said here | lot | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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