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title: A cartoon shows a guard tackling a kid who took a sweet from the Gon… — Modern art: "my little brother could d… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows a guard tackling a kid who took a sweet from the Gonzalez-Torres pile. What is wrong? Test 5 · ★★ 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 option; Mova
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Modern art: "my little brother could do that"

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A cartoon shows a guard tackling a kid who took a sweet from the Gonzalez-Torres pile. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon, guard, kid · **What happens:** show, tackle, take, be · **To what, where:** guard, kid, sweet, Torres pile

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Modern art: "my little brother could do that"» 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/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows a guard tackling a kid who took a sweet from the Gonzalez-Torres pile.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:t5:1
# text = A cartoon shows a guard tackling a kid who took a sweet from the Gonzalez-Torres pile.
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	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	tackling	tackle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sweet	sweet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
15	Gonzalez	Gonzalez	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	Torres	Torres	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 guard |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient |
| 2 | **tackle** | gerund | a guard *not said here* | a kid |  |  |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme |
| 3 | **take** | past | a kid | a sweet |  | the Torres pile |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme from pile=Initial\_Location |

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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:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:t5:2
# 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 {#o1}

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The sweets are made of glass and cannot be eaten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:t5:o1:1
# text = The sweets are made of glass and cannot be eaten
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | the sweets |  |  |  | of glass | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **not** **eat** | can · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The guard should have taken a sweet too, and shared it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:t5:o2:1
# text = The guard should have taken a sweet too, and shared it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sweet	sweet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	shared	share	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | should · perfect · passive |  | the guard |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme sweet=Destination |
| 2 | **share** | past |  | sweet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, sweets in galleries are never allowed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:t5:o3:1
# text = Nothing, sweets in galleries are never allowed
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	galleries	gallery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Nothing |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

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

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Visitors are allowed to take sweets from that work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:t5:o4:1
# text = Visitors are allowed to take sweets from that work
1	Visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | present · passive |  | Visitors |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Visitors *not said here* | sweets |  | that work |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme from work=Initial\_Location |

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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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