Test 6 · Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit
Thandi says "eish, Van Gogh copied" (eish means oh no). What is the fair view?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Thandi, eish, fair view · What happens: say, copy, mean, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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: Thandi says "eish, Van Gogh copied" (eish means oh no).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thandi | Thandi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 eish | punct |
| 4 | eish | eish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 copied | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Van | punct |
| 6 | Van | Van | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 eish | appos |
| 7 | Gogh | Gogh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Van | flat |
| 8 | copied | copy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 copied | punct |
| 10 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 12 means | punct |
| 11 | eish | eish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 means | nsubj |
| 12 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | parataxis |
| 13 | oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 12 means | obj |
| 14 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 13 oh | discourse |
| 15 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 12 means | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Thandi | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | copy in a quote | past | eish | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | mean | present | eish | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oh=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 fair view?
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 | 5 view | det |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 view | amod |
| 5 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the fair view | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Learning from others openly is how art grows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Learning | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 grows | csubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 others | case |
| 3 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Learning | obl |
| 4 | openly | openly | ADV | _ | 1 Learning | advmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 grows | cop |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 grows | advmod |
| 7 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 grows | nsubj |
| 8 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | gerund | others | openly property | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from other=Source | ||||
| 2 | is | present | art | grow property | tree rules |
Option 2
He hid where his ideas came from
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 | 2 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 came | advmod |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 ideas | nmod:poss |
| 5 | ideas | idea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 came | nsubj |
| 6 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 hid | advcl |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 came | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | He | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | come | past | his ideas | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Copying is always fraud
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copying | copying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fraud | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fraud | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 fraud | advmod |
| 4 | fraud | fraud | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Copying | fraud | always property | tree rules |
Option 4
Van Gogh should not be famous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Van | Van | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 famous | nsubj |
| 2 | Gogh | Gogh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Van | flat |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 famous | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 famous | advmod |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 famous | cop |
| 6 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | should | Van | famous property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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