--- title: Ava's art book shows a white Greek statue. What would it have looked… — Ancient times and famous stories · tree and pragmatics description: Ava's art book shows a white Greek statue. What would it have looked like long ago? Test 4 of lesson 21 «Ancient times and famous stories» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [Ancient times and famous stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories/) / t4 # Test 4 · Ancient times and famous stories Ava's art book shows a white Greek statue. What would it have looked like long ago? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** art book · **What happens:** show, look · **To what, where:** white Greek statue, book This is test 4 of lesson 21 «Ancient times and famous stories» of the myths 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/myths/21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ava's art book shows a white Greek statue. ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t4:1 # text = Ava's art book shows a white Greek statue. 1 Ava Ava PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 Greek Greek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | Ava's art book | a white Greek statue | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent statue=Recipient | 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. *Sentence 2:* What would it have looked like long ago? ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t4:2 # text = What would it have looked like long ago? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 8 ago ago ADV RB _ 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | would · perfect · passive | | book | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Covered in mud to protect it ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t4:o1:1 # text = Covered in mud to protect it 1 Covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | participle | | | | | | in mud | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in mud=Theme | | 2 | **protect** | to-infinitive | | mud | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 {#o2} Exactly the same as now, bare and white all over ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t4:o2:1 # text = Exactly the same as now, bare and white all over 1 Exactly exactly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 10 all all ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 over over ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Painted in bright colours that later wore off ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t4:o3:1 # text = Painted in bright colours that later wore off 1 Painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 6 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | participle | | | | bright colours | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent in colour=Destination | | 2 | **wear off** | past | | bright colours | | | | late *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent that=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} Painted black all over ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t4:o4:1 # text = Painted black all over 1 Painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 over over ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | participle | | | | | | black, over *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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