Test 11 · Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit
A man in a gallery paints a copy of a famous painting, smaller than the original. Why the size rule?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: man · What happens: paint, copy · To what, where: copy, famous painting
This is test 11 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: A man in a gallery paints a copy of a famous painting, smaller than the original.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 man | det |
| 2 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 paints | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 gallery | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 gallery | det |
| 5 | gallery | gallery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 man | nmod |
| 6 | paints | paint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 copy | det |
| 8 | copy | copy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 paints | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 painting | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 painting | det |
| 11 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 painting | amod |
| 12 | painting | painting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 copy | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 smaller | punct |
| 14 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 paints | conj |
| 15 | than | than | ADP | _ | 17 original | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 original | det |
| 17 | original | original | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 smaller | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 paints | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paint | present | a man in a gallery | a copy of a famous painting | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent copy=Destination | ||||
| 2 | copy | a famous painting | nom copy «communication 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.
Sentence 2: Why the size rule?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rule | det |
| 3 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rule | compound |
| 4 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
So his copy cannot pass as the real painting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 6 pass | advmod |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 copy | nmod:poss |
| 3 | copy | copy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pass | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 pass | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 pass | advmod |
| 6 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 painting | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 painting | det |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 painting | amod |
| 10 | painting | painting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pass | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not pass | can | his copy | as the real painting | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | copy | his = he | nom copy «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Because big paintings are not allowed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 allowed | mark |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 paintings | amod |
| 3 | paintings | painting | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 allowed | aux:pass |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 allowed | advmod |
| 6 | 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 | big paintings | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
Option 3
So it fits in his bag
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 fits | advmod |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fits | nsubj |
| 3 | fits | fit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 bag | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 bag | nmod:poss |
| 6 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fits | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fit | present | it | his bag | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in bag=Trajectory |
Option 4
So the original does not get jealous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 6 get | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 original | det |
| 3 | original | original | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 get | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 get | advmod |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get | present · do-support | the original | jealous property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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