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title: Liam's cousin smirks that Van Gogh "must've been high" for the swirl… — Famous paintings and the stories behin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Liam's cousin smirks that Van Gogh "must've been high" for the swirls. What would Van Gogh's letters show? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 15 «Famous paintings and the stories behind them» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Famous paintings and the stories behind them

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Liam's cousin smirks that Van Gogh "must've been high" for the swirls. What would Van Gogh's letters show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, Van, letters · **What happens:** smirk, be, show, letter

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 15 «Famous paintings and the stories behind them» 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/15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Liam's cousin smirks that Van Gogh "must've been high" for the swirls.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t2:1
# text = Liam's cousin smirks that Van Gogh "must've been high" for the swirls.
1	Liam	Liam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	smirks	smirk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
6	Van	Van	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	Gogh	Gogh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	've	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	cop	_	_
12	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	swirls	swirl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smirk** | present | Liam's cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | must · perfect | Van |  |  |  |  | for the swirls; high *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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would Van Gogh's letters show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t2:2
# text = What would Van Gogh's letters show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	Van	Van	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	_
4	Gogh	Gogh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
6	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | would | Van's letters |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
| 2 | **letter** |  | Van |  |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He never wrote a letter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t2:o1:1
# text = He never wrote a letter
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **write** | past | He | a letter |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He painted while fast asleep in the night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t2:o2:1
# text = He painted while fast asleep in the night
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	painted	paint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | past | He |  |  |  | night | asleep *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He chose the style on purpose to show feeling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t2:o3:1
# text = He chose the style on purpose to show feeling
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | He | the style |  | purpose |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent style=Theme |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | feeling |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent feeling=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He hated the colour blue and only used it by accident

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t2:o4:1
# text = He hated the colour blue and only used it by accident
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hated	hate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | past | He | the colour |  |  |  | blue *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer colour=Stimulus |
| 2 | **use** | past | He *not said here* | colour |  |  |  | by accident | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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