Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: picture puzzles, colours, dates and myths ★★★

Nan reckons The Starry Night was painted after Van Gogh died, "cos he only got famous later". What is the truth?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Nan, Van, truth · What happens: reckon, paint, die, get, be · To what, where: Starry Night, cos

This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: Nan reckons The Starry Night was painted after Van Gogh died, "cos he only got famous later".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Night	det
4	Starry	Starry	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Night	compound
5	Night	Night	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 painted	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 painted	aux:pass
7	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 reckons	ccomp
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 died	mark
9	Van	Van	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 died	nsubj
10	Gogh	Gogh	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Van	flat
11	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 painted	advcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cos	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 cos	punct
14	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 died	obl
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 got	nsubj
16	only	only	ADV	_	17 got	advmod
17	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 cos	acl:relcl
18	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 later	amod
19	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	17 got	advmod
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 got	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	Nan			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	paint	past · passive		the Starry Night		vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
3	die	past	Van	cos		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	get in a quote	past	Van	cos not said here	late property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cos=Stimulus

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 the truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the truth						tree rules

The options

Option 1

He painted it in 1853, the year he was born, as a baby

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 painted	nsubj
2	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 painted	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 1853	case
5	1853	1853	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 painted	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 born	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 year	det
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 born	obl:unmarked
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 born	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 born	aux:pass
11	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 painted	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 baby	punct
13	as	as	ADP	_	15 baby	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 baby	det
15	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 born	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	past	He	it		1853			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in 1853=Destination
2	bear	past · passive		he			year		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

She is right, friends painted it from his notes in 1891

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 friends	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct
5	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 painted	nsubj
6	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 painted	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 notes	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 notes	nmod:poss
10	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 painted	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 1891	case
12	1891	1891	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 painted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	She			right property	tree rules
2	paint	past	right friends	it	his notes	in 1891	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in 1891=Destination
3	note		his = he				nom note «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

She is right, it was painted by his brother Theo in 1900

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 painted	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 painted	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 painted	aux:pass
7	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 right	parataxis
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 brother	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 brother	nmod:poss
10	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 painted	obl
11	Theo	Theo	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 brother	appos
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 1900	case
13	1900	1900	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 painted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					right property	tree rules
2	paint	past · passive	his brother	it		1900			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in 1900=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He painted it in 1889 and died in 1890; the fame came after

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 painted	nsubj
2	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 painted	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 1889	case
5	1889	1889	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 painted	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 died	cc
7	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 painted	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 1890	case
9	1890	1890	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 died	obl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 came	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fame	det
12	fame	fame	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 came	nsubj
13	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 painted	conj
14	after	after	ADV	_	13 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	paint	past	He	it	1889		vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in 1889=Destination
2	die	past	He not said here			in 1890	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 1890=Attribute
3	come	past	the fame			after property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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