Exam question 3 · Modern art: "my little brother could do that"

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the critical reception of monochrome and minimalist works?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, receive · To what, where: critical reception, monochrome

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 reception	det
10	critical	critical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 reception	amod
11	reception	reception	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 monochrome	case
13	monochrome	monochrome	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reception	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 works	cc
15	minimalist	minimalist	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 works	compound
16	works	work	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 reception	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the critical reception of monochrome and minimalist works	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	receive		monochrome		nom reception «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Their merit is disputed, some regarding them as profound and others as a jest

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 merit	nmod:poss
2	merit	merit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disputed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 disputed	aux:pass
4	disputed	dispute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 regarding	punct
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 regarding	nsubj
7	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 disputed	obl
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 profound	case
10	profound	profound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disputed	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 others	cc
12	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 profound	conj
13	as	as	ADP	_	15 jest	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 jest	det
15	jest	jest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disputed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dispute	present · passive		Their merit				regard them = they; as profound and others; as a jest	tree rules
2	regard	gerund	some						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They have attracted no opinion of any kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 attracted	nsubj:pass
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 attracted	aux
3	attracted	attract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 opinion	det
5	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attracted	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 kind	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 kind	det
8	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 opinion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present · perfect · passive		They					tree rules
2	opine			any kind					nom opinion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

They are universally rejected as not constituting art

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rejected	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rejected	aux:pass
3	universally	universally	ADV	_	4 rejected	advmod
4	rejected	reject	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	8 art	case
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 constituting	advmod
7	constituting	constitute	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 art	amod
8	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rejected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reject	present · passive		They				as constituting art; universally property	vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	not constitute	gerund							vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

They are universally acknowledged as the finest works of art ever produced by any hand

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 acknowledged	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 acknowledged	aux:pass
3	universally	universally	ADV	_	4 acknowledged	advmod
4	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	8 works	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 works	det
7	finest	fine	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 works	amod
8	works	work	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 acknowledged	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 art	case
10	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 works	nmod
11	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	12 produced	advmod
12	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 art	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 hand	case
14	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	15 hand	det
15	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 produced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	acknowledge	present · passive		They		as the finest works of art; universally property	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	produce	participle		art not said here	ever	by any hand	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	work		art				nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent

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