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title: Teacher's dad says "Bummer" about Van Gogh being broke. What does he… — Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Teacher's dad says "Bummer" about Van Gogh being broke. What does he mean? Test 3 · ★ 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 and
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# Test 3 · ★ · Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahlo, Picasso, Hokusai,…

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Teacher's dad says "Bummer" about Van Gogh being broke. What does he mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad, Van · **What happens:** say, be, mean · **To what, where:** Bummer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Teacher's dad says "Bummer" about Van Gogh being broke.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t3:1
# text = Teacher's dad says "Bummer" about Van Gogh being broke.
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Bummer	bummer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	Van	Van	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	Gogh	Gogh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
11	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	cop	_	_
12	broke	broke	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Teacher's dad | Bummer |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bummer=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | Van |  |  |  |  | broke *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 does he mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t3:2
# text = What does he mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | Van |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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That's a disappointment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t3:o1:1
# text = That's a disappointment
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	disappointment	disappointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That's very funny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t3:o2:1
# text = That's very funny
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	funny	funny	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** | present | That |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That's brilliant news for us

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t3:o3:1
# text = That's brilliant news for us
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | That | brilliant news |  |  |  | for us | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That's a big lie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t3:o4:1
# text = That's a big lie
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | That | a big lie |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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