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description: Ascertain the reason for which artists wear aprons when working with acrylic paint. Exam question 4 of lesson 14 «Painting: paints, brushes, mess and mistakes» 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 r
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# Exam question 4 · Painting: paints, brushes, mess and mistakes

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Ascertain the reason for which artists wear aprons when working with acrylic paint.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, artists · **What happens:** ascertain, wear, work · **To what, where:** reason, aprons

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 14 «Painting: paints, brushes, mess and mistakes» 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/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the reason for which artists wear aprons when working with acrylic paint.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
6	artists	artist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	aprons	apron	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
10	working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	acrylic	acrylic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **wear** | present | artists | aprons |  |  |  | for the reason | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent apron=Theme |
| 3 | **work** | gerund | artists *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with acrylic paint | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with paint=Co-Agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Dried acrylic becomes plastic and is not readily removed from clothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes:e4:o1:1
# text = Dried acrylic becomes plastic and is not readily removed from clothing
1	Dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	acrylic	acrylic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	readily	readily	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	clothing	clothing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **become** | present | Dried acrylic | plastic |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **remove** | present · passive | Dried acrylic *not said here* |  |  | clothing |  | readily *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: from clothing=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Acrylic paint is harmless to every fabric

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes:e4:o2:1
# text = Acrylic paint is harmless to every fabric
1	Acrylic	acrylic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	fabric	fabric	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Acrylic paint |  |  |  |  | to every fabric; harmless *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Aprons are required solely for young children and never for adult artists

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes:e4:o3:1
# text = Aprons are required solely for young children and never for adult artists
1	Aprons	apron	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	artists	artist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive | adult artists | Aprons |  |  |  | for young children; solely *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Aprons improve the quality of the brushwork

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes:e4:o4:1
# text = Aprons improve the quality of the brushwork
1	Aprons	apron	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	improve	improve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	brushwork	brushwork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **improve** | present | Aprons | the quality of the brushwork |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent quality=Patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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