Exam question 1 · Modern art: "my little brother could do that"

Identify the principal question raised by the exhibition in 1917 of a shop-bought urinal by Marcel Duchamp.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, raise, buy · To what, where: principal question, 1917

This is exam question 1 of lesson 18 «Modern art: "my little brother could do that"» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 question	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 question	amod
4	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 question	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 exhibition	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 exhibition	det
8	exhibition	exhibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 raised	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 1917	case
10	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 raised	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	16 urinal	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 urinal	det
13	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bought	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 shop	punct
15	bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 urinal	amod
16	urinal	urinal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 1917	nmod
17	by	by	ADP	_	18 Marcel	case
18	Marcel	Marcel	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 urinal	nmod
19	Duchamp	Duchamp	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Marcel	flat
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal question			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent question=Theme
2	raise	participle		the principal question not said here	1917 of a bought urinal by Marcel	by the exhibition	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent by exhibition=Destination in 1917=Initial_Location
3	buy	participle					vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The question of the correct maintenance of sanitary fittings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 question	det
2	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 maintenance	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 maintenance	det
5	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 maintenance	amod
6	maintenance	maintenance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 question	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 fittings	case
8	sanitary	sanitary	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fittings	compound
9	fittings	fitting	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 maintenance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	question			the correct maintenance of sanitary fittings					nom question «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	maintain			sanitary fittings					nom maintenance «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The question of the colour appropriate to a bathroom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 question	det
2	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 colour	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 colour	det
5	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 question	nmod
6	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 question	amod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 bathroom	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bathroom	det
9	bathroom	bathroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 appropriate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	question			the colour					nom question «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The question of the cost of manufactured goods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 question	det
2	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 cost	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cost	det
5	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 question	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 goods	case
7	manufactured	manufacture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 goods	amod
8	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 cost	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	manufacture	participle		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	question		the cost of manufactured goods	nom question «communication transitive»: of=patient
3	cost		manufactured goods	nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The question of who determines what constitutes art

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 question	det
2	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 determines	mark
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 determines	nsubj
5	determines	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 question	acl:relcl
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 art	nsubj
7	constitutes	constitute	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 art	nsubj
8	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 determines	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present	the question						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	art								tree rules

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