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title: Olena says Prymachenko's animals are imaginary. Is that a weakness? — Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Olena says Prymachenko's animals are imaginary. Is that a weakness? Test 8 · ★ 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 eac
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# Test 8 · ★ · Famous artists, simply (Van Gogh, Kahlo, Picasso, Hokusai,…

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Olena says Prymachenko's animals are imaginary. Is that a weakness?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Olena, animals · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** weakness · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Olena says Prymachenko's animals are imaginary.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t8:1
# text = Olena says Prymachenko's animals are imaginary.
1	Olena	Olena	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Prymachenko	Prymachenko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	imaginary	imaginary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Olena |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Prymachenko's animals |  |  |  |  | imaginary *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:* Is that a weakness?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t8:2
# text = Is that a weakness?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	weakness	weakness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **is a** | present |  | a weakness |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, village artists don't count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t8:o1:1
# text = Yes, village artists don't count
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	artists	artist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | village artists |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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

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No, imagination can matter as much as copying life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t8:o2:1
# text = No, imagination can matter as much as copying life
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	imagination	imagination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	copying	copy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | can | imagination | much |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **copy** | gerund | imagination *not said here* | life |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, real art must always copy real animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t8:o3:1
# text = Yes, real art must always copy real animals
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	copy	copy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | must | real art | real animals |  |  |  | always *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, because they are real animals from Bolotnia, her village

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:16-famous-artists-simply:t8:o4:1
# text = No, because they are real animals from Bolotnia, her village
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Bolotnia	Bolotnia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | real animals |  | Bolotnia |  | Bolotnia's village *obl* | tree rules |

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