Test 5 · ★★ · Modern art: "my little brother could do that"
A cartoon shows a guard tackling a kid who took a sweet from the Gonzalez-Torres pile. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon, guard, kid · What happens: show, tackle, take, be · To what, where: guard, kid, sweet, Torres pile
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: A cartoon shows a guard tackling a kid who took a sweet from the Gonzalez-Torres pile.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 guard | det |
| 5 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 6 | tackling | tackle | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 guard | acl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 kid | det |
| 8 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tackling | obj |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 took | nsubj |
| 10 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 kid | acl:relcl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 sweet | det |
| 12 | sweet | sweet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 took | obj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 pile | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 pile | det |
| 15 | Gonzalez | Gonzalez | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Torres | compound |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 Gonzalez | punct |
| 17 | Torres | Torres | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 pile | compound |
| 18 | pile | pile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 took | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | a guard | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | tackle | gerund | a guard not said here | a kid | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme | ||||
| 3 | take | past | a kid | a sweet | the Torres pile | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme from pile=Initial_Location |
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 wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The sweets are made of glass and cannot be eaten
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sweets | det |
| 2 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux:pass |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 glass | case |
| 6 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 eaten | cc |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 eaten | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 eaten | advmod |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 eaten | aux:pass |
| 11 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 made | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | the sweets | of glass | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | not eat | can · passive | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V» |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The guard should have taken a sweet too, and shared it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 guard | det |
| 2 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 taken | aux |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 taken | aux |
| 5 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sweet | det |
| 7 | sweet | sweet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 taken | obj |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 taken | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 shared | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 shared | cc |
| 11 | shared | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 taken | conj |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 shared | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | should · perfect · passive | the guard | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme sweet=Destination | |||||
| 2 | share | past | sweet | tree rules |
Option 3
Nothing, sweets in galleries are never allowed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sweets | punct |
| 3 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 galleries | case |
| 5 | galleries | gallery | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sweets | nmod |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 allowed | aux:pass |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 allowed | advmod |
| 8 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | Nothing | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Visitors are allowed to take sweets from that work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Visitors | visitor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 take | mark |
| 5 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 allowed | xcomp |
| 6 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 take | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 work | case |
| 8 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 work | det |
| 9 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | Visitors | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | Visitors not said here | sweets | that work | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme from work=Initial_Location |
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