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title: A cartoon shows a museum selling its Mona Lisa to the richest kid. W… — Museums and galleries: how to visit an… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows a museum selling its Mona Lisa to the richest kid. What is wrong? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 17 «Museums and galleries: how to visit and what is there» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 6 · ★ · Museums and galleries: how to visit and what is there

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A cartoon shows a museum selling its Mona Lisa to the richest kid. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon, museum · **What happens:** show, sell, be · **To what, where:** museum, Mona Lisa, richest kid

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 17 «Museums and galleries: how to visit and what is there» 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/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows a museum selling its Mona Lisa to the richest kid.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there:t6:1
# text = A cartoon shows a museum selling its Mona Lisa to the richest kid.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	Mona	Mona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Lisa	Lisa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	richest	rich	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon | a museum |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent museum=Recipient |
| 2 | **sell** | gerund | a museum *not said here* | cartoon's Mona Lisa | the richest kid |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent lisa=Theme to kid=Recipient |

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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 is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there:t6:2
# text = What is wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Museums sell their famous art at the gift shop on Sundays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there:t6:o1:1
# text = Museums sell their famous art at the gift shop on Sundays
1	Museums	museum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sell	sell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present | Museums | Museums's famous art |  | the gift shop | sunday |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent art=Theme at shop=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Kids are the only people who buy art

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there:t6:o2:1
# text = Kids are the only people who buy art
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	buy	buy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Kids | the only people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **buy** | present | the only people | art |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, museums sell paintings every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there:t6:o3:1
# text = Nothing, museums sell paintings every day
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	museums	museum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sell	sell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	paintings	painting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present | museums | paintings |  |  | day | Nothing *vocative* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent painting=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Public museum art is kept for everyone, not sold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there:t6:o4:1
# text = Public museum art is kept for everyone, not sold
1	Public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present · passive |  | Public museum art |  |  |  | for everyone | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **sell** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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