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# Test 7 · ★ · Museums and galleries: how to visit and what is there

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Grandad says, "In a war, who cares about paintings?" What is a strong answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad, war · **What happens:** say, care, be · **To what, where:** strong answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad says, "In a war, who cares about paintings?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there:t7:1
# text = Grandad says, "In a war, who cares about paintings?"
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	In	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	cares	care	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	paintings	painting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | Grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **care** *in a quote* | present | a war |  |  |  |  | about paintings | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about painting=Stimulus |

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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 a strong answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there:t7:2
# text = What is a strong answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	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	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **is a** | present |  | a strong answer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Paintings can protect people hiding behind them from bombs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there:t7:o1:1
# text = Paintings can protect people hiding behind them from bombs
1	Paintings	painting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	bombs	bomb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | can | Paintings |  | people |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **hide** | gerund | people *not said here* |  |  | bombs |  | behind Paintings *= painting* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind they=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He's right, art is only decoration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there:t7:o2:1
# text = He's right, art is only decoration
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	decoration	decoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | art | decoration |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Museums sell their art in wars to buy tanks and planes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there:t7:o3:1
# text = Museums sell their art in wars to buy tanks and planes
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	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	tanks	tank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	planes	plane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present | Museums | Museums's art |  | wars |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Theme |
| 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive | Museums *not said here* | tanks and planes |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tank=Theme |

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

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Art holds a country's memory, so people risk a lot to save it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there:t7:o4:1
# text = Art holds a country's memory, so people risk a lot to save it
1	Art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	risk	risk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | Art | a country's memory |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memory=Theme |
| 2 | **risk** | present | people | a lot |  |  |  |  | vn risk-94-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Pivot |
| 3 | **save** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | lot |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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