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title: A Bristol lad calls a busker "gurt silly" ("gurt" means very). What… — Art as a job: who makes art, money, fa… · tree and pragmatics
description: A Bristol lad calls a busker "gurt silly" ("gurt" means very). What is the fairer view? Test 5 of lesson 39 «Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work» 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 5 · Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work

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A Bristol lad calls a busker "gurt silly" ("gurt" means very). What is the fairer view?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bristol lad, gurt, fairer view · **What happens:** call, mean, be · **To what, where:** busker · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 39 «Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work» 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/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Bristol lad calls a busker "gurt silly" ("gurt" means very).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work:t5:1
# text = A Bristol lad calls a busker "gurt silly" ("gurt" means very).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Bristol	Bristol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	busker	busker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	gurt	gurt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	gurt	gurt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
16	very	very	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | present | a Bristol lad | a busker |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent busker=Recipient |
| 2 | **mean** | present | gurt |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the fairer view?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work:t5:2
# text = What is the fairer view?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fairer	fair	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the fairer view |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Busking needs no practice or skill at all, you just stand there and play

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work:t5:o1:1
# text = Busking needs no practice or skill at all, you just stand there and play
1	Busking	busking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
13	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Busking | no practice or skill |  | all |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot practice=Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | present | you |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **play** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Buskers work, practising and entertaining strangers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work:t5:o2:1
# text = Buskers work, practising and entertaining strangers
1	Buskers	busker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	practising	practise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	entertaining	entertaining	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Buskers |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **practise** | gerund | Buskers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Buskers are breaking the law in every town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work:t5:o3:1
# text = Buskers are breaking the law in every town
1	Buskers	busker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present · progressive | Buskers | the law |  | every town |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer law=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Buskers are paid by the shops they stand near

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work:t5:o4:1
# text = Buskers are paid by the shops they stand near
1	Buskers	busker	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	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	near	near	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present · passive | the shops | Buskers |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset |
| 2 | **stand** | present | Buskers *= busker* |  |  |  |  | near *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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