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title: Your gran in Bolton calls new buildings "dead mardy" (grumpy-looking… — Buildings and architecture · tree and pragmatics
description: Your gran in Bolton calls new buildings "dead mardy" (grumpy-looking). Which shows that taste in buildings changes? Test 7 of lesson 34 «Buildings and architecture» 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 
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# Test 7 · Buildings and architecture

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Your gran in Bolton calls new buildings "dead mardy" (grumpy-looking). Which shows that taste in buildings changes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** gran, taste · **What happens:** call, look, show, change · **To what, where:** new buildings · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 34 «Buildings and architecture» 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/34-buildings-and-architecture/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your gran in Bolton calls new buildings "dead mardy" (grumpy-looking).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:34-buildings-and-architecture:t7:1
# text = Your gran in Bolton calls new buildings "dead mardy" (grumpy-looking).
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Bolton	Bolton	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	mardy	mardy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | Your gran in Bolton | new buildings and dead mardy |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent building=Recipient |
| 2 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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:* Which shows that taste in buildings changes?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:34-buildings-and-architecture:t7:2
# text = Which shows that taste in buildings changes?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	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 | **show** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **change** | present | that taste in buildings |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Every building is loved from day one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:34-buildings-and-architecture:t7:o1:1
# text = Every building is loved from day one
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	loved	love	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present · passive |  | every building |  |  | day |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The Eiffel Tower was called ugly, then became loved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:34-buildings-and-architecture:t7:o2:1
# text = The Eiffel Tower was called ugly, then became loved
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Eiffel	Eiffel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Tower	Tower	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	loved	love	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past · passive |  | the Eiffel Tower *not said here* |  |  |  | ugly *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» |
| 2 | **become** | past | the Eiffel Tower |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **love** | participle | the Eiffel Tower *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only old buildings are beautiful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:34-buildings-and-architecture:t7:o3:1
# text = Only old buildings are beautiful
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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People never change their minds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:34-buildings-and-architecture:t7:o4:1
# text = People never change their minds
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	minds	mind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | present | People | People's minds |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient |
| 2 | **mind** |  | People |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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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