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title: Tiana says the pearl earring film is "what really happened". What is… — Famous paintings and the stories behin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Tiana says the pearl earring film is "what really happened". What is wise? Test 8 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Famous paintings and the stories behind them

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Tiana says the pearl earring film is "what really happened". What is wise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tiana, pearl earring film · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** pearl earring film · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tiana says the pearl earring film is "what really happened".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t8:1
# text = Tiana says the pearl earring film is "what really happened".
1	Tiana	Tiana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	pearl	pearl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	earring	earring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
10	really	really	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 | Tiana | the pearl earring film |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent film=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the pearl earring film |  |  |  |  | happen *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 wise?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t8:2
# text = What is wise?
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	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wise *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Believe it, films about art are always true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t8:o1:1
# text = Believe it, films about art are always true
1	Believe	believe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | films about art |  |  |  |  | always, true *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The film was made by Vermeer himself, long ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t8:o2:1
# text = The film was made by Vermeer himself, long ago
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Vermeer	Vermeer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive | Vermeer | the film |  |  |  | Vermeer *obl*; ago *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product |

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

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Enjoy it, but know the story is made up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t8:o3:1
# text = Enjoy it, but know the story is made up
1	Enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 2 | **know** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **make up** | present · passive |  | the story |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The girl's real name is printed on the painting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:15-famous-paintings-and-the-stories-behind-them:t8:o4:1
# text = The girl's real name is printed on the painting
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | present · passive |  | the girl's real name |  | the painting |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on painting=Destination |
| 2 | **name** |  | the girl |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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