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title: Harry's teacher shows Picasso's drawing at 15. What lesson does that… — Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Harry's teacher shows Picasso's drawing at 15. What lesson does that teach? Test 2 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 2 · ★ · Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahlo, Picasso, Hokusai,…

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Harry's teacher shows Picasso's drawing at 15. What lesson does that teach?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teacher, Picasso, lesson · **What happens:** show, draw, teach · **To what, where:** drawing, 15

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Harry's teacher shows Picasso's drawing at 15.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t2:1
# text = Harry's teacher shows Picasso's drawing at 15.
1	Harry	Harry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Picasso	Picasso	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | Harry's teacher | Picasso's drawing |  | 15 |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent drawing=Recipient |
| 2 | **draw** |  | Picasso |  |  |  |  |  | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 lesson does that teach?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t2:2
# text = What lesson does that teach?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
5	teach	teach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present · do-support | what lesson |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Breaking the rules works best once you know them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t2:o1:1
# text = Breaking the rules works best once you know them
1	Breaking	break	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
6	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | gerund |  | the rules |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient |
| 2 | **work** | present | Breaking |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **know** | present | you | rules *= rule* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only teens can draw realistically

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t2:o2:1
# text = Only teens can draw realistically
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	teens	teen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	draw	draw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	realistically	realistically	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | can | teens |  |  |  |  | realistically *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Picasso was always bad at drawing, even at fifteen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t2:o3:1
# text = Picasso was always bad at drawing, even at fifteen
1	Picasso	Picasso	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Picasso |  |  |  |  | always, bad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **draw** | gerund | Picasso *not said here* |  |  | fifteen |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cubism was a mistake he couldn't fix, however hard he tried

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t2:o4:1
# text = Cubism was a mistake he couldn't fix, however hard he tried
1	Cubism	cubism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	however	however	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Cubism | a mistake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **fix** | could | he | a mistake *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent mistake=Patient |
| 3 | **try** | past | he |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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