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# Exam question 2 · Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing what you really see

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the acquisition of skill in drawing.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, acquire · **To what, where:** response, acquisition, skill

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing what you really see» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the acquisition of skill in drawing.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	acquisition	acquisition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the acquisition of skill in drawing |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus acquisition=Experiencer |
| 4 | **acquire** |  |  | skill in drawing |  |  |  |  | nom acquisition «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Skill in drawing depends wholly upon the steadiness of the hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see:e2:o1:1
# text = Skill in drawing depends wholly upon the steadiness of the hand
1	Skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	depends	depend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	steadiness	steadiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depend** | present | Skill in drawing |  |  |  |  | upon the steadiness of the hand; wholly *property* | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Skill in drawing is fixed at birth and cannot be improved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see:e2:o2:1
# text = Skill in drawing is fixed at birth and cannot be improved
1	Skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	improved	improve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | present · passive |  | Skill in drawing |  | birth |  |  | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at birth=Value |
| 2 | **not** **improve** | can · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Skill in drawing may be acquired solely at an academy of art

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see:e2:o3:1
# text = Skill in drawing may be acquired solely at an academy of art
1	Skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	acquired	acquire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	academy	academy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | gerund | Skill *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **acquire** | may · passive |  | Skill |  | a academy of art |  | solely *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Skill in drawing improves substantially with practice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see:e2:o4:1
# text = Skill in drawing improves substantially with practice
1	Skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	improves	improve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	substantially	substantially	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **improve** | present | Skill in drawing |  |  |  |  | with practice; substantially *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with practice=Instrument |

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