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description: A cartoon artist uses only oil paint "because real artists never use anything else". What is wrong? Test 5 · ★ 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 c
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# Test 5 · ★ · Painting: paints, brushes, mess and mistakes

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A cartoon artist uses only oil paint "because real artists never use anything else". What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon artist, real artists · **What happens:** use, not use, be · **To what, where:** oil paint, anything

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 14 «Painting: paints, brushes, mess and mistakes» 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/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon artist uses only oil paint "because real artists never use anything else".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes:t5:1
# text = A cartoon artist uses only oil paint "because real artists never use anything else".
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	artist	artist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	artists	artist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
14	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	obj	_	_
15	else	else	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | a cartoon artist | oil paint |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paint=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **use** *in a quote* | present | real artists | anything |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=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 is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes:t5:2
# text = What is wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Oil paint dries in seconds, so artists have to rush

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes:t5:o1:1
# text = Oil paint dries in seconds, so artists have to rush
1	Oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dries	dry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	artists	artist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	rush	rush	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | present | Oil paint |  |  |  | second |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | present | artists |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **rush** | to-infinitive | artists *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, oil is the only real paint there is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes:t5:o2:1
# text = Nothing, oil is the only real paint there is
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	10	expl	_	_
10	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Nothing oil | the only real paint |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | present | the only real paint *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Many famous modern artists used acrylics

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes:t5:o3:1
# text = Many famous modern artists used acrylics
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	modern	modern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	artists	artist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	acrylics	acrylic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | Many famous modern artists | acrylics |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acrylic=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Real artists only use crayons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes:t5:o4:1
# text = Real artists only use crayons
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	artists	artist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	crayons	crayon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Real artists | crayons |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crayon=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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