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description: Identify the principal circumstance which gave rise to the numerous self-portraits of Frida Kahlo. Exam question 1 of lesson 16 «Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahlo, Picasso, Hokusai, Bilokur, Prymachenko, Qi Baishi...)» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 1 · Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahlo, Picasso, Hokusai,…

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Identify the principal circumstance which gave rise to the numerous self-portraits of Frida Kahlo.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, principal circumstance · **What happens:** identify, give, portray · **To what, where:** principal circumstance, rise, numerous self portraits, Frida Kahlo

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 16 «Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahlo, Picasso, Hokusai, Bilokur, Prymachenko, Qi Baishi...)» 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/16-famous-artists-simply/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal circumstance which gave rise to the numerous self-portraits of Frida Kahlo.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	rise	rise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	numerous	numerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	portraits	portrait	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	Frida	Frida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	Kahlo	Kahlo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal circumstance |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | past | the principal circumstance | rise | the numerous self portraits of Frida Kahlo |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rise=Theme to portrait=Recipient |
| 3 | **portray** |  |  | Frida Kahlo |  |  |  |  | nom portrait «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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A commission from the government of Mexico

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:e1:o1:1
# text = A commission from the government of Mexico
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	commission	commission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Prolonged confinement to bed after a road accident, with a mirror placed above her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:e1:o2:1
# text = Prolonged confinement to bed after a road accident, with a mirror placed above her
1	Prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	confinement	confinement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
13	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	above	above	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prolong** | participle |  | confinement |  |  | after a road accident | to bed | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent confinement=Theme |
| 2 | **place** | participle |  | a mirror *not said here* |  |  |  | above her *= she* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent above she=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A legal prohibition upon the depiction of other subjects by women painters in Mexico

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:e1:o3:1
# text = A legal prohibition upon the depiction of other subjects by women painters in Mexico
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	legal	legal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	depiction	depiction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	subjects	subject	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	compound	_	_
12	painters	painter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** |  | women painters in Mexico |  |  |  |  | upon the depiction of other subjects | nom prohibition «communication transitive»: upon=obl by=agent |
| 2 | **depict** |  |  | other subjects |  |  |  |  | nom depiction «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A conviction that she possessed unrivalled beauty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:e1:o4:1
# text = A conviction that she possessed unrivalled beauty
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conviction	conviction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	possessed	possess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	unrivalled	unrivalled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | past | a conviction | unrivalled beauty |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot beauty=Theme |

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