Test 4 · Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work
In a cartoon, a girl sings once in her bedroom and is a world star the next morning. What is more realistic?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: sing, be · To what, where: cartoon, world star
This is test 4 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: In a cartoon, a girl sings once in her bedroom and is a world star the next morning.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sings | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sings | nsubj |
| 7 | sings | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 sings | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 bedroom | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 bedroom | nmod:poss |
| 11 | bedroom | bedroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sings | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 star | cc |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 star | cop |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 star | det |
| 15 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 star | compound |
| 16 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sings | conj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 morning | det |
| 18 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 morning | amod |
| 19 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sings | obl:unmarked |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sings | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | present | a girl | a cartoon | morning | in girl's bedroom; once property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location | ||
| 2 | is a | present | a girl not said here | a world star | 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.
Sentence 2: What is more realistic?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 realistic | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 realistic | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 realistic | advmod |
| 4 | realistic | realistic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 realistic | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | realistic property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
One song in a bedroom always makes you famous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 song | nummod |
| 2 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 bedroom | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bedroom | det |
| 5 | bedroom | bedroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 song | nmod |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 makes | advmod |
| 7 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 makes | obj |
| 9 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | One song in a bedroom | you | always, famous property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Years of hidden practice usually come before fame
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 come | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 practice | case |
| 3 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 practice | amod |
| 4 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Years | nmod |
| 5 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 6 come | advmod |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | before | before | ADP | _ | 8 fame | case |
| 8 | fame | fame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Years of hidden practice | fame | usually property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before fame=Location |
Option 3
Stars are chosen at random from a list
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 chosen | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 chosen | aux:pass |
| 3 | chosen | choose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 random | case |
| 5 | random | random | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chosen | obl |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 list | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 list | det |
| 8 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chosen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | present · passive | Stars | random | from a list | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at random=Asset from list=Source |
Option 4
Fame comes first for most singers, and they learn how to sing afterwards
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fame | fame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 comes | nsubj |
| 2 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 2 comes | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 singers | case |
| 5 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 singers | amod |
| 6 | singers | singer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 comes | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 learn | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 learn | cc |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 learn | nsubj |
| 10 | learn | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 comes | conj |
| 11 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 sing | advmod |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 sing | mark |
| 13 | sing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 learn | xcomp |
| 14 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 13 sing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Fame | for most singers; first property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | learn | present | singers = singer | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | sing speech: express | to-infinitive | singers = singer not said here | afterwards property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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