Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Metal Pig, part 109: the boy v…

What, according to the passage, is the significance of the red ladder upon the tomb of Galileo?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: accord, be · To what, where: significance

This is exam question 3 of lesson 898 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Metal Pig, part 109: the boy visits the Florence churches, then is shoved around by his mother and finds a kind home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 significance	punct
3	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 passage	case
4	to	to	ADP	_	3 according	fixed
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 passage	det
6	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 significance	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 passage	punct
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 significance	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 significance	det
10	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	appos
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 ladder	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ladder	det
13	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ladder	amod
14	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 significance	nmod
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 tomb	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tomb	det
17	tomb	tomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ladder	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 Galileo	case
19	Galileo	Galileo	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 tomb	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		the significance				accord the passage; of the red ladder upon the tomb of Galileo	tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is an emblem of art, signifying the way to glory

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 emblem	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 emblem	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 emblem	det
4	emblem	emblem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 art	case
6	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 emblem	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 signifying	punct
8	signifying	signify	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 emblem	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 signifying	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 glory	mark
12	glory	glory	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 way	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a emblem	of art	tree rules
2	signify	gerund	a emblem not said here	the way		vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot way=Theme
3	glory	to-infinitive	a emblem not said here	the way not said here		vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

It is a sign of death and the stairs to heaven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sign	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sign	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sign	det
4	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 death	case
6	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sign	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stairs	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stairs	det
9	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sign	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 heaven	case
11	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sign	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a sign and the stairs				of death; to heaven	tree rules

Option 3

It is an emblem of art and science, signifying the long climb of the artist's soul towards glory and eternal fame

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 emblem	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 emblem	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 emblem	det
4	emblem	emblem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 art	case
6	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 emblem	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 science	cc
8	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 art	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 signifying	punct
10	signifying	signify	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 emblem	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 climb	det
12	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 climb	amod
13	climb	climb	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 signifying	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	18 soul	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 artist	det
16	artist	artist	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 soul	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 artist	case
18	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 climb	nmod
19	towards	towards	ADP	_	20 glory	case
20	glory	glory	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 signifying	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 fame	cc
22	eternal	eternal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 fame	amod
23	fame	fame	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 glory	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a emblem				of art and science	tree rules
2	signify	gerund	a emblem not said here	the long climb of the artist's soul				towards glory and eternal fame	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot climb=Theme

Option 4

It stands for the church's wealth and power

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stands	nsubj
2	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	7 wealth	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 church	det
5	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wealth	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 church	case
7	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stands	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 power	cc
9	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wealth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	It					for the church's wealth and power	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for wealth=Attribute

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