Test 1 · ★★ · Street art and graffiti: legal walls vs vandalism
Your mate goes, "if you call it art, it's legal, innit." What is the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, you, truth · What happens: go, call, be · To what, where: mate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Street art and graffiti: legal walls vs vandalism» 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: Your mate goes, "if you call it art, it's legal, innit."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 legal | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 legal | punct |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 call | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 call | nsubj |
| 8 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 legal | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 call | obj |
| 10 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 call | xcomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 call | punct |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 legal | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 legal | cop |
| 14 | legal | legal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 goes | parataxis |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 innit | punct |
| 16 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 legal | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your mate | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | call a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | mate | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | mate | legal property | 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 is the truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He's right, the word "art" makes it legal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 makes | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 word | det |
| 6 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 makes | nsubj |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 art | punct |
| 8 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 word | appos |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 art | punct |
| 10 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 makes | obj |
| 12 | legal | legal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | present | the word | art | legal property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
Option 2
It is legal if nobody sees you doing it
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 | 3 legal | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 legal | cop |
| 3 | legal | legal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 sees | mark |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 sees | nsubj |
| 6 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 legal | advcl |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 doing | nsubj |
| 8 | doing | do | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 sees | ccomp |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 doing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | legal property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see a condition, not said to happen | present | nobody | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | do | gerund | you | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 3
Only spray paint is illegal, so felt pens are fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 spray | advmod |
| 2 | spray | spray | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 illegal | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 illegal | cop |
| 5 | illegal | illegal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 spray | ccomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 fine | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 fine | advmod |
| 8 | felt | felt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pens | compound |
| 9 | pens | pen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 fine | nsubj |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 fine | cop |
| 11 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 spray | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spray | imperative | you not said here | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | paint | illegal property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | present | felt pens | fine property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Without the owner's permission it is damage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Without | without | ADP | _ | 5 permission | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 owner | det |
| 3 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 permission | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 owner | case |
| 5 | permission | permission | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 damage | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 damage | cop |
| 8 | damage | damage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 permission | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | permission | damage | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | permit | the owner | nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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