Test 7 · Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work
A Madrid uncle says, "Animators just doodle, hombre" ("hombre" means mate). How could Carlos show the job is real?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Madrid uncle, Animators, hombre, Carlos, job · What happens: say, doodle, mean, show, be · To what, where: mate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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: A Madrid uncle says, "Animators just doodle, hombre" ("hombre" means mate).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 uncle | det |
| 2 | Madrid | Madrid | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 uncle | compound |
| 3 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 doodle | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 doodle | punct |
| 7 | Animators | animator | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 doodle | nsubj |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 doodle | advmod |
| 9 | doodle | doodle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hombre | punct |
| 11 | hombre | hombre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 doodle | conj |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 doodle | punct |
| 13 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 17 means | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 hombre | punct |
| 15 | hombre | hombre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 means | nsubj |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 hombre | punct |
| 17 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | parataxis |
| 18 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 means | obj |
| 19 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 17 means | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a Madrid uncle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | doodle in a quote | Animators | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | mean | present | hombre | mate | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=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: How could Carlos show the job is real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 show | advmod |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | Carlos | Carlos | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 job | det |
| 6 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 real | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 real | cop |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 show | ccomp |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | could | Carlos | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the job | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Show him a doodle on a school book
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Show | iobj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 doodle | det |
| 4 | doodle | doodle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Show | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 book | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 book | det |
| 7 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 book | compound |
| 8 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Show | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | imperative | you not said here | a doodle | him = he | a school book | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient doodle=Topic |
Option 2
Agree with his uncle and give up on animation to find a proper job instead
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 uncle | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 4 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Agree | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 give | cc |
| 6 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Agree | conj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 give | compound:prt |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 animation | case |
| 9 | animation | animation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 give | obl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 find | mark |
| 11 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 give | advcl |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 job | det |
| 13 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 job | amod |
| 14 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 find | obj |
| 15 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 11 find | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | imperative | you not said here | with his uncle | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with uncle=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | give up | present | you not said here | animation | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | find | to-infinitive | you not said here | a proper job | instead property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Topic |
Option 3
Say all jobs are just doodling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 jobs | det |
| 3 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 doodling | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 doodling | aux |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 doodling | advmod |
| 6 | doodling | doodle | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | doodle | present · progressive | all jobs | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Point at the long credits of an animated film
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 credits | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 credits | det |
| 4 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 credits | amod |
| 5 | credits | credit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Point | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 film | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 film | det |
| 8 | animated | animated | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 film | amod |
| 9 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 credits | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | credit | a animated film | nom credit «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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