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title: Ali's friend's drawing took one hour. Why is 500 rupees fair? — Art as a job: who makes art, money, fa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ali's friend's drawing took one hour. Why is 500 rupees fair? Test 9 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 was right.
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# Test 9 · Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work

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Ali's friend's drawing took one hour. Why is 500 rupees fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** drawing, friend, 500 rupees · **What happens:** take, draw, be

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ali's friend's drawing took one hour.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work:t9:1
# text = Ali's friend's drawing took one hour.
1	Ali	Ali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | Ali's friend's drawing |  |  |  | hour |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **draw** |  | Ali's friend |  |  |  |  |  | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=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:* Why is 500 rupees fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work:t9:2
# text = Why is 500 rupees fair?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	rupees	rupee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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** | present | 500 rupees |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The price covers years of learning and materials too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work:t9:o1:1
# text = The price covers years of learning and materials too
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	covers	cover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	learning	learning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	materials	material	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | present | the price |  |  |  | year |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Drawings are priced by the size of the paper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work:t9:o2:1
# text = Drawings are priced by the size of the paper
1	Drawings	drawing	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	priced	price	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	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **price** | present · passive | the size of the paper | Drawings |  |  |  |  | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The friend added the cost of his lunch and his bus fare to the price

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work:t9:o3:1
# text = The friend added the cost of his lunch and his bus fare to the price
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	added	add	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	fare	fare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | the friend | the cost of friend's lunch and friend's bus fare |  |  |  | to the price | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent cost=Patient to price=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **cost** |  |  | friend's lunch and friend's bus fare |  |  |  |  | nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One hour of anything always costs 500 rupees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work:t9:o4:1
# text = One hour of anything always costs 500 rupees
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nmod	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	costs	cost	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	rupees	rupee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | One hour of anything | 500 rupees |  |  |  | always *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme rupee=Value |

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