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# Exam question 1 · Famous paintings and the stories behind them

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Identify the principal circumstance, other than its artistic merit, which contributed to the celebrity of the Mona Lisa.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, artistic merit · **What happens:** identify, contribute · **To what, where:** principal circumstance, celebrity

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 15 «Famous paintings and the stories behind them» 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/15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal circumstance, other than its artistic merit, which contributed to the celebrity of the Mona Lisa.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	artistic	artistic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	merit	merit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	contributed	contribute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	celebrity	celebrity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Mona	Mona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	Lisa	Lisa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal circumstance |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme |
| 2 | **contribute** | past | circumstance's artistic merit |  | the celebrity of the Mona Lisa |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to celebrity=Recipient |

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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 {#o1}

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Its exceptional dimensions exceeding those of all other paintings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:e1:o1:1
# text = Its exceptional dimensions exceeding those of all other paintings
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	exceptional	exceptional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dimensions	dimension	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	exceeding	exceed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	paintings	painting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exceed** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Its exhibition upon national television in the course of the nineteenth century

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:e1:o2:1
# text = Its exhibition upon national television in the course of the nineteenth century
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	exhibition	exhibition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	television	television	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	nineteenth	nineteenth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhibit** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  | upon national television in the course of the nineteenth century | nom exhibition «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Its completion in the twentieth century

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:e1:o3:1
# text = Its completion in the twentieth century
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	completion	completion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	twentieth	twentieth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **complete** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  | in the twentieth century | nom completion «act transitive»: poss=agent in=obl |

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

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Its theft from the Louvre in 1911 and recovery two years thereafter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:e1:o4:1
# text = Its theft from the Louvre in 1911 and recovery two years thereafter
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Louvre	Louvre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1911	1911	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	recovery	recovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
12	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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