Test 11 · Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work
Mackenzie says "all actors are rich, eh" ("eh" means right?). Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mackenzie, actors, eh · What happens: say, be, mean · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 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: Mackenzie says "all actors are rich, eh" ("eh" means right?).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mackenzie | Mackenzie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 rich | punct |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 actors | det |
| 5 | actors | actor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 rich | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 rich | cop |
| 7 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 eh | punct |
| 9 | eh | eh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rich | conj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 rich | punct |
| 11 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 15 means | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 eh | punct |
| 13 | eh | eh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 means | nsubj |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 eh | punct |
| 15 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | parataxis |
| 16 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 means | xcomp |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 15 means | punct |
| 18 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 15 means | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Mackenzie | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | all actors | rich property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | mean | present | eh | right property | 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 right answer
Most actors face many auditions and do small roles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 actors | amod |
| 2 | actors | actor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 face | nsubj |
| 3 | face | face | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 auditions | amod |
| 5 | auditions | audition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 face | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 do | cc |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 face | conj |
| 8 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 roles | amod |
| 9 | roles | role | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 do | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | face | present | Most actors | many auditions | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme audition=Destination | ||||
| 2 | do | present | Most actors not said here | small roles | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent role=Eventuality |
Option 2
All actors are rich from their very first film
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 actors | det |
| 2 | actors | actor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 rich | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rich | cop |
| 4 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 film | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 film | nmod:poss |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 first | advmod |
| 8 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 film | amod |
| 9 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rich | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | all actors | actors's first film | rich property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | film | actors = actor | nom film «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Actors never have to audition for parts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Actors | actor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 have | advmod |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 audition | mark |
| 5 | audition | audition | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 have | xcomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 parts | case |
| 7 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 audition | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | present | Actors | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | audition | to-infinitive | Actors not said here | for parts | tree rules |
Option 4
Actors live for free inside the film studios where they make their films
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Actors | actor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 live | nsubj |
| 2 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 free | case |
| 4 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 live | obl |
| 5 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 8 studios | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 studios | det |
| 7 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 studios | compound |
| 8 | studios | studio | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 live | obl |
| 9 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 11 make | advmod |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 make | nsubj |
| 11 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 live | advcl |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 films | nmod:poss |
| 13 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Actors | the film studios | for free | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside studio=Location | |||
| 2 | make | present | Actors = actor | Actors's films | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset film=Product | ||||
| 3 | film | Actors = actor | nom film «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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