Test 10 · Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work
Kayode says, "Abeg, I fit draw that one sef" (abeg means please, sef means even). Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kayode, one sef, sef · What happens: say, fit, draw, mean, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 39 «Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work» 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: Kayode says, "Abeg, I fit draw that one sef" (abeg means please, sef means even).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kayode | Kayode | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Abeg | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Abeg | punct |
| 5 | Abeg | Abeg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 fit | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 fit | nsubj |
| 8 | fit | fit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | draw | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 fit | xcomp |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 means | mark |
| 11 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 sef | nummod |
| 12 | sef | sef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 means | nsubj |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 sef | punct |
| 14 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 15 abeg | punct |
| 15 | abeg | abeg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sef | conj |
| 16 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 draw | advcl |
| 17 | please | please | INTJ | _ | 20 means | discourse |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 means | punct |
| 19 | sef | sef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 means | nsubj |
| 20 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 means | ccomp |
| 21 | even | even | ADV | _ | 20 means | advmod |
| 22 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 20 means | punct |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Kayode | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | fit in a quote | present | Kayode | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | draw in a quote | infinitive | Kayode not said here | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | mean | present | one sef and abeg | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | mean | present | sef | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
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: Which is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The auction house pays the artist's family twice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 house | det |
| 2 | auction | auction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 house | compound |
| 3 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pays | nsubj |
| 4 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 artist | det |
| 6 | artist | artist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 family | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 artist | case |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pays | obj |
| 9 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 pays | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | the auction house | the artist's family | twice property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Asset |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The price comes from fame, history and demand, not only skill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 price | det |
| 2 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 comes | nsubj |
| 3 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 fame | case |
| 5 | fame | fame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 comes | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 history | punct |
| 7 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fame | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 demand | cc |
| 9 | demand | demand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fame | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 skill | punct |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 skill | advmod |
| 12 | only | only | ADV | _ | 13 skill | advmod |
| 13 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fame | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | the price | fame and history and demand and skill | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from fame=Initial_Location |
Option 3
Anyone who can copy it gets the same price
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 copy | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 copy | aux |
| 4 | copy | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Anyone | acl:relcl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 copy | obj |
| 6 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 price | det |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 price | amod |
| 9 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | can | it | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get | present | Anyone | the same price | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer price=Stimulus |
Option 4
The painting must be secretly made of gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 painting | det |
| 2 | painting | painting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 made | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 made | aux:pass |
| 5 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 6 made | advmod |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 gold | case |
| 8 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | must · passive | the painting | of gold; secretly property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
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