Exam question 4 · Street art and graffiti: legal walls vs vandalism

Ascertain the customary procedure in the preparation of a large mural.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, prepare · To what, where: customary procedure, preparation, large mural

This is exam question 4 of lesson 19 «Street art and graffiti: legal walls vs vandalism» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 procedure	det
3	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 procedure	compound
4	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 preparation	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 preparation	det
7	preparation	preparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 mural	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 mural	det
10	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 mural	amod
11	mural	mural	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 preparation	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the customary procedure		the preparation of a large mural			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent procedure=Topic
2	prepare			a large mural					nom preparation «act 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A sketch, a grid for enlargement and the agreement of the owner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sketch	det
2	sketch	sketch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 grid	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 grid	det
5	grid	grid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sketch	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 enlargement	case
7	enlargement	enlargement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grid	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 agreement	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 agreement	det
10	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sketch	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 owner	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 owner	det
13	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 agreement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree		the owner						nom agreement «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

Spontaneous painting without design or consent of any party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spontaneous	spontaneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 painting	amod
2	painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	without	without	ADP	_	4 design	case
4	design	design	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 painting	nmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 consent	cc
6	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 design	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 party	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 party	det
9	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consent	nmod

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

Option 3

Painting by night to avoid observation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	3 night	case
3	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Painting	nmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 avoid	mark
5	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Painting	advcl
6	observation	observation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	to-infinitive		observation					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent observation=Location

Option 4

The copying of an advertisement without permission of its owner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 copying	det
2	copying	copying	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 advertisement	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 advertisement	det
5	advertisement	advertisement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 copying	nmod
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 permission	case
7	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 advertisement	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 owner	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 owner	nmod:poss
10	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 permission	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy			a advertisement without permission of permission's owner					nom copying «act transitive»: of=patient
2	permit			permission's owner					nom permission «communication transitive»: of=patient

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