Test 10 · Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit
Ana's friend shouts "Copycat!" at her Klimt-style cat. What is the difference Ana means?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, difference, Ana · What happens: shout, be, mean · To what, where: Copycat, difference
This is test 10 of lesson 35 «Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit» 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: Ana's friend shouts "Copycat!" at her Klimt-style cat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ana | Ana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ana | case |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shouts | nsubj |
| 4 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Copycat | punct |
| 6 | Copycat | copycat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shouts | obj |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 Copycat | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Copycat | punct |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 cat | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 cat | nmod:poss |
| 11 | Klimt | Klimt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 cat | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 Klimt | punct |
| 13 | style | style | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 cat | compound |
| 14 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shouts | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 shouts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | Ana's friend | Copycat | at friend's Klimt style cat | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copycat=Topic |
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 difference Ana means?
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 difference | det |
| 4 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | Ana | Ana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 means | nsubj |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 difference | acl:relcl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the difference | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | Ana | the difference not said here | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent difference=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Style borrowed, picture new
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Style | style | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 picture | nsubj |
| 2 | borrowed | borrow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Style | acl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 picture | punct |
| 4 | picture | picture | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 picture | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | borrow | participle | Style not said here | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | picture | infinitive | Style | new property | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Copying is fine as long as you add a cat to the famous picture
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copying | copying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 long | advmod |
| 5 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 fine | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 add | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 add | nsubj |
| 8 | add | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 long | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cat | det |
| 10 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 add | obj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 picture | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 picture | det |
| 13 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 picture | amod |
| 14 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 add | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Copying | fine, long property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | add speech: assert | present | you | a cat | to the famous picture | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent cat=Patient to picture=Co-Patient |
Option 3
Being inspired means that you traced the picture very carefully
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 inspired | aux:pass |
| 2 | inspired | inspire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 means | csubj:pass |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 traced | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 traced | nsubj |
| 6 | traced | trace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 means | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 picture | det |
| 8 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 traced | obj |
| 9 | very | very | ADV | _ | 10 carefully | advmod |
| 10 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 6 traced | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inspire | gerund · passive | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | trace | past | you | the picture | carefully property | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Theme |
Option 4
There is no difference at all between being inspired and copying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 difference | det |
| 4 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 difference | nmod |
| 7 | between | between | ADP | _ | 9 inspired | mark |
| 8 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 inspired | aux:pass |
| 9 | inspired | inspire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 difference | acl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 copying | cc |
| 11 | copying | copying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 inspired | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | no difference at all | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | inspire | gerund · passive | no difference at all not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
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