Exam question 2 · Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work

Which of the following most accurately characterises Van Gogh's reputation during his lifetime?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, be

This is exam question 2 of lesson 39 «Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 reputation	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	11 reputation	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 reputation	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 reputation	case
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 characterises	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 reputation	cop
8	Van	Van	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 reputation	nmod:poss
9	Gogh	Gogh	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Van	flat
10	's	's	PART	_	8 Van	case
11	reputation	reputation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	during	during	ADP	_	14 lifetime	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 lifetime	nmod:poss
14	lifetime	lifetime	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reputation	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 reputation	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present					during Van's lifetime	of Van's reputation	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He was little known and sold very few paintings

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	4 known	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 known	aux:pass
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 known	amod
4	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sold	cc
6	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 known	conj
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 few	advmod
8	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 paintings	amod
9	paintings	painting	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 known	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past · passive		He				few paintings obl	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus
2	sell	participle							vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He sold several hundred paintings each year

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 sold	nsubj
2	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 paintings	amod
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 paintings	nummod
5	paintings	painting	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sold	obj
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	He	several hundred paintings			year		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent painting=Theme

Option 3

He was the most celebrated painter in Europe

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	6 painter	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 painter	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 painter	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 celebrated	advmod
5	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 painter	amod
6	painter	painter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Europe	case
8	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 painter	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	participle							vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	He	the celebrated painter		Europe			tree rules

Option 4

He was famous chiefly as a musician

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	4 chiefly	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chiefly	cop
3	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 chiefly	amod
4	chiefly	chiefly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 musician	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 musician	det
7	musician	musician	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chiefly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					as a musician; chiefly property	tree rules

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