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title: Modern art: "my little brother could do that" — how Mova does on the tests · Arts
description: Lesson 18 of the arts course of Mova's primary school: 7 of 11 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Modern art: "my little brother could do that"

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**Tests:** 7 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 10 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 18 of the arts course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Your mate goes, "art has to be made by hand or it don't count, innit." Who argued otherwise?

- **1.** Leonardo, with his notebooks of machines and drawings — no support
- **2.** Michelangelo, with the Sistine ceiling — no support
- **3.** Duchamp, with a shop-bought object shown as art — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** Van Gogh, with his sunflowers painted for a friend — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 8: «In 1917 Marcel Duchamp sent a shop-bought urinal, signed "R. Mutt", to an art show, asking who decides what art is; an everyday object shown as art is called a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «show» (+2); the same thing acted on «everyday object» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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What would happen if you tried to copy a Pollock with a bucket of paint?

- **1.** The paint would refuse to drip onto the canvas at all — no support
- **2.** You would most likely find it harder than it looks — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** It would come out exactly the same, first time — no support
- **4.** Pollock would sue you from the past — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 9: «Jackson Pollock laid huge canvases on the floor and dripped and flung paint with control; people still argue about the skill, and painters who try to copy it u…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Ruby's gran says, "That was the whole point, pet." What did Warhol want to show?

- **1.** That everyday shop things can be art — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11
- **2.** That painting is boring and old — no support
- **3.** That soup is healthy for everyone — no support
- **4.** That cans are dangerous — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 1: «A museum keeps important objects safe and shows them to everyone: paintings, mummies, dinosaurs, machines; a gallery mostly shows art, and some galleries also…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+7); the same thing acted on «art» (+5). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Ivan whispers, "Yo, this is giving space." What does he mean?

- **1.** It needs a lot more space in it — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He wants to leave — no support
- **3.** It feels like being in outer space — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** It is very crowded with people — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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

- **1.** The sweets are made of glass and cannot be eaten — no support
- **2.** The guard should have taken a sweet too, and shared it — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** Nothing, sweets in galleries are never allowed — no support
- **4.** Visitors are allowed to take sweets from that work — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 18, line 15: «Felix Gonzalez-Torres made a pile of sweets weighing the same as his partner, who was ill; visitors may take sweets, the pile shrinks, and the gallery refills…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); the same thing acted on «sweets» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Chloe's dad says, "A toilet? You're having a laugh." What is the fairest answer?

- **1.** He is wrong, because absolutely everyone agrees that it is great — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It was a joke that nobody noticed at the time or since — no support
- **3.** Many still disagree, but it asked who decides what art is — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He is right, nobody talks about it now — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Lucas's cousin says, "Bruv, art's not only about pretty." What does "bruv" mean here?

- **1.** A stranger — score 3
- **2.** Mate, a friendly word — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 18
- **3.** A teacher — score 3
- **4.** Brother, his real sibling only — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 18, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 18, line 5: «People react in their own slang: "you're having a laugh" means you must be joking, "dodgy" means suspicious, "it's giving space" means it feels like outer spac…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+7); the same thing acted on «mate» (+5); the same action «mean» (+3); the same doer «bruv» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Lola is scared of the giant spider. What would help her see it differently?

- **1.** Being told to close her eyes and walk past — no support
- **2.** Knowing that it is made of real spiders — no support
- **3.** Learning that it stood for the artist's caring mother — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **4.** Nothing, it is only about fear and nightmares — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 12: «Louise Bourgeois made giant spider sculptures called Maman, French for mummy; she said the spider stood for her mother, who repaired tapestries, patient and pr…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stand» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Alfie says "My little brother could do that." What is the best first step before deciding?

- **1.** Shout that it is rubbish — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Walk past it quickly without looking — no support
- **3.** Stand and look at it for a minute — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Touch it to see how thick the paint is — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Jess's uncle asks who'd pay millions for a banana. Which is a fair view?

- **1.** Nobody has ever paid anything at all for it — no support
- **2.** Some see a joke about money and art, others think the market is silly — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** Bananas are always that expensive in galleries — no support
- **4.** Everyone agrees it was worth every penny, and nobody has ever laughed at it — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 11: «People argue whether the banana is a clever joke about money and art or proof that the art market is silly.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «art market» (+3); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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What would happen if you waited for the original banana to last for ever?

- **1.** It would grow into a banana tree — no support
- **2.** It would rot, so the owner replaces it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** It would stay fresh and yellow for ever — no support
- **4.** It would turn into gold — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 10: «In 2019 Maurizio Cattelan showed a real banana taped to a wall, called Comedian; in 2024 one sold at auction for about 6.2 million dollars, and the buyer gets…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «replace» (+2); the same thing acted on «banana» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Identify the principal question raised by the exhibition in 1917 of a shop-bought urinal by Marcel Duchamp.

- **1.** The question of the correct maintenance of sanitary fittings — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The question of the colour appropriate to a bathroom — no support
- **3.** The question of the cost of manufactured goods — no support
- **4.** The question of who determines what constitutes art — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the artwork entitled Comedian by Maurizio Cattelan.

- **1.** It consists of a banana preserved without decay in perpetuity by a secret chemical process — no support
- **2.** It has never been sold by any means — no support
- **3.** It consists of a painting of a banana upon canvas — no support
- **4.** It consists of a banana affixed to a wall, the purchaser replacing the banana as it decays — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 10: «In 2019 Maurizio Cattelan showed a real banana taped to a wall, called Comedian; in 2024 one sold at auction for about 6.2 million dollars, and the buyer gets…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «replace» (+5); the same thing acted on «banana» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the critical reception of monochrome and minimalist works?

- **1.** Their merit is disputed, some regarding them as profound and others as a jest — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** They have attracted no opinion of any kind — no support
- **3.** They are universally rejected as not constituting art — no support
- **4.** They are universally acknowledged as the finest works of art ever produced by any hand — **← Mova's choice** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 9: «A royalty is money paid to music makers when their work is used.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «work» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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Ascertain the meaning attributed by Louise Bourgeois to her spider sculptures entitled Maman.

- **1.** Her mother, patient and protective in the manner of a spider spinning — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A monster encountered in a nightmare of her childhood, which she wished to forget — no support
- **3.** No meaning whatsoever — no support
- **4.** A warning concerning venomous spiders — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/e4/)

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