Test 12 · ★★★ · Olympiad: picture puzzles, colours, dates and myths ★★★
A pavement painting looks like a deep hole, but only from one spot. Why?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: pavement painting · What happens: look
This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: picture puzzles, colours, dates and myths ★★★» 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 pavement painting looks like a deep hole, but only from one spot.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 painting | det |
| 2 | pavement | pavement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 painting | compound |
| 3 | painting | painting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 looks | nsubj |
| 4 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 hole | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hole | det |
| 7 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 hole | amod |
| 8 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 looks | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 spot | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 spot | cc |
| 11 | only | only | ADV | _ | 14 spot | advmod |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 spot | case |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 spot | nummod |
| 14 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 looks | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 looks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | a pavement painting | like a deep hole; from one spot | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from spot=Theme |
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: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
People see it from one spot because the rest is fenced off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 see | nsubj |
| 2 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 see | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 spot | case |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 spot | nummod |
| 6 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 see | obl |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 fenced | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 rest | det |
| 9 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fenced | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 fenced | aux:pass |
| 11 | fenced | fence | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 see | advcl |
| 12 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 fenced | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | People | it | one spot | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | fence off | present · passive | the rest | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |
Option 2
The chalk has dug a real hole into the pavement
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 chalk | det |
| 2 | chalk | chalk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dug | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 dug | aux |
| 4 | dug | dig | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hole | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hole | amod |
| 7 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dug | obj |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 pavement | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 pavement | det |
| 10 | pavement | pavement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dug | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig | present · perfect · passive | the chalk | the pavement | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary hole=Result |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It uses perspective tricks that work from one viewpoint
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 uses | nsubj |
| 2 | uses | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | perspective | perspective | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tricks | compound |
| 4 | tricks | trick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 uses | obj |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 work | nsubj |
| 6 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tricks | acl:relcl |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 viewpoint | case |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 viewpoint | nummod |
| 9 | viewpoint | viewpoint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 work | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | It | perspective tricks | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Patient | ||||
| 2 | work | present | perspective tricks | one viewpoint | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
The hole is real, and the chalk only colours its sides
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hole | det |
| 2 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 real | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 real | cop |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 chalk | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 chalk | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 chalk | det |
| 8 | chalk | chalk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 real | obl |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 colours | advmod |
| 10 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 chalk | nmod |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 sides | nmod:poss |
| 12 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 colours | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the hole | the chalk colours and hole's sides obl; real property | tree rules |
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