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# Exam question 3 · Famous paintings and the stories behind them

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the identity of the subject of Girl with a Pearl Earring?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** identity

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the identity of the subject of Girl with a Pearl Earring?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	identity	identity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	Pearl	Pearl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	Earring	earring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the identity of the subject of Girl with a Pearl Earring |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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Her identity is unknown, and later narratives concerning her are fictional

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:e3:o1:1
# text = Her identity is unknown, and later narratives concerning her are fictional
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	identity	identity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unknown	unknown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
8	narratives	narrative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	fictional	fictional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Her identity |  |  |  |  | unknown *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | narratives *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | narratives |  |  |  |  | fictional, late *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She is established to have been the instructor of Vermeer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:e3:o2:1
# text = She is established to have been the instructor of Vermeer
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	instructor	instructor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Vermeer	Vermeer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | present · passive |  | She |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive · perfect |  | the instructor |  |  |  | of Vermeer | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She is established to have been a queen of the Netherlands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:e3:o3:1
# text = She is established to have been a queen of the Netherlands
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Netherlands	Netherlands	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | present · passive |  | She |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive · perfect |  | a queen |  |  |  | of the Netherlands | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Her name is inscribed upon the canvas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:e3:o4:1
# text = Her name is inscribed upon the canvas
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	inscribed	inscribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	canvas	canvas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inscribe** | present · passive |  | Her name |  | the canvas |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme upon canvas=Destination |
| 2 | **name** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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