Test 3 · ★★ · Modern art: "my little brother could do that"
Ruby's gran says, "That was the whole point, pet." What did Warhol want to show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: gran, That, Warhol · What happens: say, be, want, show · To what, where: whole point · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Modern art: "my little brother could do that"» 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: Ruby's gran says, "That was the whole point, pet."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 gran | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ruby | case |
| 3 | gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 point | punct |
| 7 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 point | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 point | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 point | det |
| 10 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 point | amod |
| 11 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 pet | punct |
| 13 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 point | vocative |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 point | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 point | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ruby's gran | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | past | That | the whole point | pet vocative | 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: What did Warhol want to show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 want | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 want | aux |
| 3 | Warhol | Warhol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 want | nsubj |
| 4 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 show | mark |
| 6 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 want | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past · do-support | Warhol | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | show not said to happen | to-infinitive | Warhol not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
That everyday shop things can be art
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 things | nsubj |
| 2 | everyday | everyday | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 things | amod |
| 3 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 things | compound |
| 4 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 art | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 art | cop |
| 7 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 things | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | can | art | tree rules |
Option 2
That painting is boring and old
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 painting | det |
| 2 | painting | painting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 boring | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 boring | cop |
| 4 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 old | cc |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 boring | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that painting | boring property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | that painting not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
That soup is healthy for everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 soup | det |
| 2 | soup | soup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 healthy | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 healthy | cop |
| 4 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 everyone | case |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 healthy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that soup | for everyone; healthy property | tree rules |
Option 4
That cans are dangerous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 cans | det |
| 2 | cans | can | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 dangerous | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 dangerous | cop |
| 4 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that cans | dangerous property | tree rules |
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