Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's Stone, part 149: a wis…

With reference to the text, in what manner does the blind daughter perceive the world about her?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: do, perceive · To what, where: blind daughter, manner, world

This is exam question 2 of lesson 938 «Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's Stone, part 149: a wise man in a crystal castle fears death and teaches his children about the philosopher's stone» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 perceive	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 does	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 manner	case
8	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	9 manner	det
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 does	obl
10	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 perceive	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 daughter	det
12	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 daughter	amod
13	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 does	obj
14	perceive	perceive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 world	det
16	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 perceive	obj
17	about	about	ADP	_	18 her	case
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 perceive	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 perceive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	you not said here	the blind daughter		what manner			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Eventuality
2	perceive	imperative	you not said here	the world				with reference to the text; about her = she	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus

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 · ✓ the right answer

Through the faculty of an active imagination, supplemented by the sight of her father and brothers

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 faculty	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 faculty	det
3	faculty	faculty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 imagination	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 imagination	det
6	active	active	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 imagination	amod
7	imagination	imagination	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 faculty	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 supplemented	punct
9	supplemented	supplement	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 faculty	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 sight	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sight	det
12	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 supplemented	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 father	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 father	nmod:poss
15	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sight	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 brothers	cc
17	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 father	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supplement	participle						by the sight of her father and brothers	tree rules
2	sight			her father and brothers					nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

By way of her sharpened sense of touch and hearing, combined with the descriptions given by her family members

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 way	case
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 sense	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sense	nmod:poss
5	sharpened	sharpen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 sense	amod
6	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 way	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 touch	case
8	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sense	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hearing	cc
10	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sense	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 combined	punct
12	combined	combine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 way	acl
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 descriptions	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 descriptions	det
15	descriptions	description	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 combined	obl
16	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 descriptions	acl
17	by	by	ADP	_	20 members	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 members	nmod:poss
19	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 members	compound
20	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sharpen	participle				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	combine	participle		way of her sharpened sense of touch and hearing not said here	with the descriptions	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with description=Co-Patient
3	give	participle		the descriptions not said here	by her family members	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	sense		her = she	touch		nom sense «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Through the powerful and vivid faculty of an imagination which, supplemented by the sight of the wise father and the boys, lets her move freely about the whole castle and its surroundings

The tree, 32 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	6 faculty	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 faculty	det
3	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 faculty	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 vivid	cc
5	vivid	vivid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 powerful	conj
6	faculty	faculty	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 lets	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 imagination	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 imagination	det
9	imagination	imagination	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 faculty	nmod
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 supplemented	nsubj:pass
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 supplemented	punct
12	supplemented	supplement	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 imagination	acl:relcl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 sight	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sight	det
15	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 supplemented	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 father	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 father	det
18	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 father	amod
19	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sight	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 boys	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 boys	det
22	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 father	conj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 faculty	punct
24	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
25	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 lets	obj
26	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 lets	xcomp
27	freely	freely	ADV	_	26 move	advmod
28	about	about	ADP	_	31 castle	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 castle	det
30	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 castle	amod
31	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 move	obl
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 surroundings	cc
33	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 surroundings	nmod:poss
34	surroundings	surroundings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	31 castle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	supplement	participle · passive	the sight of the wise father and the boys	a imagination			tree rules
2	let	present		her = she	the powerful faculty of a imagination		tree rules
3	move	infinitive	her = she not said here			about the whole castle and sight's surroundings; freely property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme about castle=Trajectory
4	sight			the wise father and the boys			nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Through a vivid mental picture formed by listening to the stories told by her father and brothers

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	5 picture	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 picture	det
3	vivid	vivid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 picture	amod
4	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 picture	amod
5	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 picture	acl
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 listening	mark
8	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 formed	advcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 stories	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stories	det
11	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 listening	obl
12	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 stories	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 father	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 father	nmod:poss
15	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 told	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 brothers	cc
17	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 father	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	form	participle	a vivid mental picture not said here		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	listen	gerund		to the stories	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to story=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	participle	the stories not said here	by her father and brothers	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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