Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's Stone, part 149: a wis…

Identify the principal lesson the father imparts to his children concerning the nature of life, as presented in this extract.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, father, children · What happens: identify, impart, concern, present · To what, where: principal lesson, nature, extract

This is exam question 4 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lesson	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lesson	amod
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 father	det
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 imparts	nsubj
7	imparts	impart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lesson	acl:relcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 children	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 children	nmod:poss
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 imparts	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 children	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 nature	det
13	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 life	case
15	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nature	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 presented	punct
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 presented	mark
18	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	parataxis
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 extract	case
20	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	21 extract	det
21	extract	extract	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 presented	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal lesson			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent lesson=Theme
2	impart	present	the father	the principal lesson not said here		to father's children	tree rules
3	concern	gerund	father's children not said here	the nature of life			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus nature=Experiencer
4	present	participle			this extract		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

That life brings joy to the faithful, and that God rewards those who sing and pray daily

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 life	det
2	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brings	nsubj
3	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brings	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 faithful	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 faithful	det
7	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brings	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 those	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 those	cc
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 those	mark
11	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 rewards	compound
12	rewards	reward	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 those	nsubj
13	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	3 brings	obl
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 sing	nsubj
15	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 those	acl:relcl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 pray	cc
17	pray	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 sing	conj
18	daily	daily	ADV	_	17 pray	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	bring	present	that life	joy	the faithful	those obl	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent joy=Theme to faithful=Destination
2	sing speech: express	present					vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
3	pray	present				daily property	vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

That life in this world is full of labour and hardship, but that anyone who searches diligently with an open heart will eventually come to understand the nature of God

The tree, 30 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 life	det
2	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 full	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 world	case
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 world	det
5	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 life	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 full	cop
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 labour	case
9	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 full	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hardship	cc
11	hardship	hardship	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 labour	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 come	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	25 come	cc
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	25 come	mark
15	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	25 come	nsubj
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 searches	nsubj
17	searches	search	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 anyone	acl:relcl
18	diligently	diligently	ADV	_	17 searches	advmod
19	with	with	ADP	_	22 heart	case
20	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 heart	det
21	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 heart	amod
22	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 searches	obl
23	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 come	aux
24	eventually	eventually	ADV	_	25 come	advmod
25	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 full	parataxis
26	to	to	PART	_	27 understand	mark
27	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 come	xcomp
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 nature	det
29	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 understand	obj
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 God	case
31	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 nature	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	that life in this world		of labour and hardship; full property	tree rules
2	search	present			with a open heart; diligently property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
3	come	future	anyone		eventually property	tree rules
4	understand	to-infinitive	anyone not said here	the nature of God		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nature=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That worldly existence involves toil and difficulty, and that true understanding is attained by searching

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 existence	det
2	worldly	worldly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 existence	amod
3	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 involves	nsubj
4	involves	involve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	toil	toil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 involves	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 difficulty	cc
7	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 toil	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 attained	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 attained	cc
10	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 understanding	det
11	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 understanding	amod
12	understanding	understanding	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 attained	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 attained	aux:pass
14	attained	attain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 involves	conj
15	by	by	SCONJ	_	16 searching	mark
16	searching	search	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 attained	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	involve	present	that worldly existence	toil and difficulty	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toil=Theme
2	attain	present · passive		that true understanding	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	search	gerund			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 4

That everyone must suffer toil and difficulty throughout their earthly lives, and that wisdom comes only to those who have read every page of the book of truth and remembered them all

The tree, 32 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 everyone	det
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 suffer	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 suffer	aux
4	suffer	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	toil	toil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 suffer	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 difficulty	cc
7	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 toil	conj
8	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	11 lives	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 lives	nmod:poss
10	earthly	earthly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 lives	amod
11	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 suffer	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 comes	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 comes	cc
14	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 wisdom	det
15	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 comes	nsubj
16	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 suffer	parataxis
17	only	only	ADV	_	19 those	advmod
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 those	case
19	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	16 comes	obl
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 read	nsubj
21	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 read	aux
22	read	read	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 those	acl:relcl
23	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	24 page	det
24	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 read	obj
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 book	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 book	det
27	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 page	nmod
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 truth	case
29	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 book	nmod
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 remembered	cc
31	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 read	conj
32	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 remembered	obj
33	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	32 them	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	suffer	must	everyone	toil and difficulty		throughout toil's earthly lives	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer toil=Stimulus
2	come	present	that wisdom		those		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to that=Initial_Location
3	read	present · perfect		every page of the book of truth			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Topic
4	remember	past		toil			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Theme
5	page			the book of truth			nom page «communication transitive»: of=patient

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