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title: Ollie says sunflowers should only be painted fresh. What would have… — Famous paintings and the stories behin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ollie says sunflowers should only be painted fresh. What would have happened if Van Gogh had agreed? Test 5 · ★★ 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; Mova's
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Famous paintings and the stories behind them

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Ollie says sunflowers should only be painted fresh. What would have happened if Van Gogh had agreed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ollie, Van · **What happens:** say, paint, happen, agree · **To what, where:** sunflowers · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ollie says sunflowers should only be painted fresh.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t5:1
# text = Ollie says sunflowers should only be painted fresh.
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sunflowers	sunflower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
8	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ollie |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **paint** | should · passive |  | sunflowers |  |  |  | fresh *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |

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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 have happened if Van Gogh had agreed?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t5:2
# text = What would have happened if Van Gogh had agreed?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	Van	Van	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	Gogh	Gogh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	agreed	agree	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Van |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He would have painted many more Starry Nights instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t5:o1:1
# text = He would have painted many more Starry Nights instead
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
7	Starry	starry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
9	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | would · perfect | He | many |  |  | night | instead *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent many=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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All flowers in the world would stop wilting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t5:o2:1
# text = All flowers in the world would stop wilting
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	wilting	wilt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | would | all flowers in the world |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **wilt** | gerund | all flowers in the world *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

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We would lose paintings showing life changing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t5:o3:1
# text = We would lose paintings showing life changing
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	paintings	painting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	changing	change	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | would | We | paintings |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent painting=Eventuality |
| 2 | **show** | gerund | paintings *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **change** | gerund | paintings *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing at all would change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t5:o4:1
# text = Nothing at all would change
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | would | Nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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