Test 1 · Printing, the Renaissance and the Reformation

my nan says michelangelo painted the ceiling lying flat on his back for years. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nan, michelangelo · What happens: say, paint, lie · To what, where: ceiling, back · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 25 «Printing, the Renaissance and the Reformation» of the history 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 nan	nmod:poss
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	michelangelo	michelangelo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 painted	nsubj
5	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ceiling	det
7	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 painted	obj
8	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 painted	advcl
9	flat	flat	ADV	_	8 lying	advmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 back	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 back	nmod:poss
12	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lying	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 years	case
14	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lying	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
16	right	right	INTJ	_	3 says	discourse
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my nan					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	paint	past	michelangelo	the ceiling				vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ceiling=Destination
3	lie	gerund	michelangelo not said here		michelangelo's back	year	flat property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=Location

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, he painted it on the floor and lifted it up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 painted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 painted	nsubj
4	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 painted	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 floor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 floor	det
8	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 painted	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 lifted	cc
10	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 painted	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lifted	obj
12	up	up	ADP	_	10 lifted	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	past	he	it		the floor			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on floor=Destination
2	lift up	past	he not said here	floor					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

No, Leonardo painted it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 painted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Leonardo	Leonardo	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 painted	nsubj
4	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 painted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	past	Leonardo	it					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination

Option 3

Yes, lying flat for twenty years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 lying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 lying	punct
3	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	flat	flat	ADV	_	3 lying	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 years	case
6	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund					year	flat property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, he stood and leaned back on scaffolding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 stood	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stood	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stood	nsubj
4	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 leaned	cc
6	leaned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stood	conj
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 leaned	advmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 scaffolding	case
9	scaffolding	scaffolding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leaned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	he						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	learn back	past	he not said here			scaffolding			vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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