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title: Sofia's brother calls Kahlo vain. What would be a fairer first step? — Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sofia's brother calls Kahlo vain. What would be a fairer first step? Test 6 · ★ 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 of ea
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# Test 6 · ★ · Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahlo, Picasso, Hokusai,…

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Sofia's brother calls Kahlo vain. What would be a fairer first step?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother · **What happens:** call, be · **To what, where:** fairer first step · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sofia's brother calls Kahlo vain.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t6:1
# text = Sofia's brother calls Kahlo vain.
1	Sofia	Sofia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Kahlo	Kahlo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	vain	vain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | Sofia's brother |  |  |  |  | vain *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 would be a fairer first step?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t6:2
# text = What would be a fairer first step?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	fairer	fair	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | would |  | a fairer first step |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Learn about her life before judging her work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t6:o1:1
# text = Learn about her life before judging her work
1	Learn	learn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	judging	judge	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about her life | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about life=Topic |
| 2 | **judge** | gerund | you *not said here* | her work |  |  |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent work=Value |
| 3 | **work** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only judge her paintings of flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t6:o2:1
# text = Only judge her paintings of flowers
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	judge	judge	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	paintings	painting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | imperative | you *not said here* | her paintings of flowers |  |  |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent painting=Value |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ignore her life and judge only the faces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t6:o3:1
# text = Ignore her life and judge only the faces
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	judge	judge	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | her life |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme |
| 2 | **judge** | present | you *not said here* | the faces |  |  |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent face=Value |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Say all self-portraits are vain, whoever paints them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t6:o4:1
# text = Say all self-portraits are vain, whoever paints them
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
3	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	portraits	portrait	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	vain	vain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	paints	paint	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | all self portraits |  |  |  |  | vain *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **paint** | present | whoever | portraits *= portrait* |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination |

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