Exam question 2 · Modern art: "my little brother could do that"

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the artwork entitled Comedian by Maurizio Cattelan.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, concerning · What happens: select, establish, concern, entitle · To what, where: response, artwork, Comedian

This is exam question 2 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 entitled	csubj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 artwork	det
11	artwork	artwork	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	entitled	entitle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 facts	acl:relcl
13	Comedian	Comedian	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 entitled	obj
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 Maurizio	case
15	Maurizio	Maurizio	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 entitled	obl
16	Cattelan	Cattelan	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Maurizio	flat
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund		the artwork		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus artwork=Experiencer
4	entitle	past	concerning	Comedian	by Maurizio	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.

The options

Option 1

It consists of a banana preserved without decay in perpetuity by a secret chemical process

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 banana	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 banana	det
5	banana	banana	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
6	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 banana	acl
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 decay	case
8	decay	decay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 preserved	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 perpetuity	case
10	perpetuity	perpetuity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 decay	nmod
11	by	by	ADP	_	15 process	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 process	det
13	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 process	amod
14	chemical	chemical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 process	amod
15	process	process	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 preserved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of a banana	tree rules
2	preserve	participle		a banana not said here				without decay in perpetuity; by a secret chemical process	vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It has never been sold by any means

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sold	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sold	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 sold	advmod
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	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 means	mark
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sold	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sell	present · perfect · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	mean	present	any						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It consists of a painting of a banana upon canvas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 painting	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 painting	det
5	painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 banana	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 banana	det
8	banana	banana	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 painting	nmod
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 canvas	case
10	canvas	canvas	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 banana	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of a painting of a banana upon canvas	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It consists of a banana affixed to a wall, the purchaser replacing the banana as it decays

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 banana	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 banana	det
5	banana	banana	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
6	affixed	affix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 banana	acl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 wall	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 wall	det
9	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 affixed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 purchaser	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 purchaser	det
12	purchaser	purchaser	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 banana	conj
13	replacing	replace	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 purchaser	acl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 banana	det
15	banana	banana	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 replacing	obj
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 decays	mark
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 decays	nsubj
18	decays	decay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 consists	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It		of a banana and the purchaser	tree rules
2	affix	participle		a banana and the purchaser not said here	to a wall	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to wall=Co-Patient
3	replace	gerund	the purchaser not said here	the banana		vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme banana=Co-Theme
4	decay	present	purchaser			vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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