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title: Your mate goes, "if your art's good, people notice straight away." W… — Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate goes, "if your art's good, people notice straight away." Which artist proves him wrong? Test 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 pragmat
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# Test 1 · ★ · Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahlo, Picasso, Hokusai,…

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Your mate goes, "if your art's good, people notice straight away." Which artist proves him wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, people, artist · **What happens:** go, notice, prove · **To what, where:** mate

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This is test 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. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate goes, "if your art's good, people notice straight away."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t1:1
# text = Your mate goes, "if your art's good, people notice straight away."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	notice	notice	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
14	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Your mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **notice** *in a quote* | present | people |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:* Which artist proves him wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t1:2
# text = Which artist proves him wrong?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	artist	artist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | which artist | mate |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Picasso, who was famous young

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t1:o1:1
# text = Picasso, who was famous young
1	Picasso	Picasso	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Van Gogh, who sold very few paintings in his life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t1:o2:1
# text = Van Gogh, who sold very few paintings in his life
1	Van	Van	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Gogh	Gogh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	paintings	painting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | Van | few paintings |  | Van's life |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent painting=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Basquiat, who became famous young in New York

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t1:o3:1
# text = Basquiat, who became famous young in New York
1	Basquiat	Basquiat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
9	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | Basquiat |  |  |  |  | in New York *result*; young *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in york=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Qi Baishi, who became famous while he lived

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t1:o4:1
# text = Qi Baishi, who became famous while he lived
1	Qi	Qi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Baishi	Baishi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | Qi |  |  |  |  | famous *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **live** | past | Qi |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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