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title: Ben's aunt says her hands shake too. What does that show? — Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing wha… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ben's aunt says her hands shake too. What does that show? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 12 «Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing what you really see» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing what you really see

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Ben's aunt says her hands shake too. What does that show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** aunt, hands, that · **What happens:** say, shake, show · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 12 «Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing what you really see» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ben's aunt says her hands shake too.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see:t9:1
# text = Ben's aunt says her hands shake too.
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	shake	shake	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ben's aunt |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **shake** | present | aunt's hands |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does that show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see:t9:2
# text = What does that show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · do-support | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only people with steady hands become illustrators

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see:t9:o1:1
# text = Only people with steady hands become illustrators
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	illustrators	illustrator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | people with steady hands | illustrators |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She must have stopped drawing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see:t9:o2:1
# text = She must have stopped drawing
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | must · perfect | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **draw** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Shaky hands always make better artists than steady ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see:t9:o3:1
# text = Shaky hands always make better artists than steady ones
1	Shaky	shaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	artists	artist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Shaky hands | better artists |  |  |  | than steady ones; always *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset artist=Product |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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You don't need perfectly steady hands to draw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see:t9:o4:1
# text = You don't need perfectly steady hands to draw
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	draw	draw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | present · do-support | You | steady hands |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hand=Theme |
| 2 | **draw** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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