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title: Zara says Guernica is "grim". What is true about art and grim things? — Famous paintings and the stories behin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Zara says Guernica is "grim". What is true about art and grim things? Test 7 · ★★ 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Famous paintings and the stories behind them

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Zara says Guernica is "grim". What is true about art and grim things?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Zara, Guernica · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Zara says Guernica is "grim".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t7:1
# text = Zara says Guernica is "grim".
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Guernica	Guernica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	grim	grim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	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 | Zara |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Guernica |  |  |  |  | grim *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 is true about art and grim things?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t7:2
# text = What is true about art and grim things?
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	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	grim	grim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about art and grim things; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Art must always be pretty to be good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t7:o1:1
# text = Art must always be pretty to be good
1	Art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | always, pretty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | must | Art |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Some great art shows terrible things so people remember

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t7:o2:1
# text = Some great art shows terrible things so people remember
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	remember	remember	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | some great art | terrible things |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient |
| 2 | **remember** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Grim pictures are never put in museums or shown anywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t7:o3:1
# text = Grim pictures are never put in museums or shown anywhere
1	Grim	grim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	museums	museum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
10	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **put** | present · passive |  | Grim pictures |  | museums |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in museum=Destination |
| 2 | **show** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | anywhere *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Picasso only painted happy pictures

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t7:o4:1
# text = Picasso only painted happy pictures
1	Picasso	Picasso	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	painted	paint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | past | Picasso | happy pictures |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent picture=Destination |

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