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title: Identify the principal question raised by the exhibition in 1917 of… — Modern art: "my little brother could d… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal question raised by the exhibition in 1917 of a shop-bought urinal by Marcel Duchamp. Exam question 1 of lesson 18 «Modern art: "my little brother could do that"» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 1 · Modern art: "my little brother could do that"

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Identify the principal question raised by the exhibition in 1917 of a shop-bought urinal by Marcel Duchamp.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, raise, buy · **To what, where:** principal question, 1917

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 18 «Modern art: "my little brother could do that"» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal question raised by the exhibition in 1917 of a shop-bought urinal by Marcel Duchamp.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	exhibition	exhibition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
13	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	urinal	urinal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Marcel	Marcel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	Duchamp	Duchamp	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal question |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent question=Theme |
| 2 | **raise** | participle |  | the principal question *not said here* |  | 1917 of a bought urinal by Marcel |  | by the exhibition | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent by exhibition=Destination in 1917=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **buy** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The question of the correct maintenance of sanitary fittings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:e1:o1:1
# text = The question of the correct maintenance of sanitary fittings
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	maintenance	maintenance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	sanitary	sanitary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	fittings	fitting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **question** |  |  | the correct maintenance of sanitary fittings |  |  |  |  | nom question «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **maintain** |  |  | sanitary fittings |  |  |  |  | nom maintenance «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The question of the colour appropriate to a bathroom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:e1:o2:1
# text = The question of the colour appropriate to a bathroom
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bathroom	bathroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **question** |  |  | the colour |  |  |  |  | nom question «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The question of the cost of manufactured goods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:e1:o3:1
# text = The question of the cost of manufactured goods
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	manufactured	manufacture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **manufacture** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **question** |  |  | the cost of manufactured goods |  |  |  |  | nom question «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **cost** |  |  | manufactured goods |  |  |  |  | nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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

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The question of who determines what constitutes art

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:e1:o4:1
# text = The question of who determines what constitutes art
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	determines	determine	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
7	constitutes	constitute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | present | the question |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **art** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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