Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's Stone, part 149: a wis…
what's the philosopher's stone supposed to be, fr?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: stone · What happens: be, suppose · To what, where: stone, fr
This is test 6 · ★ 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. 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 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 what | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 philosopher | det |
| 4 | philosopher | philosopher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stone | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 philosopher | case |
| 6 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 what | nsubj |
| 7 | supposed | suppose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 stone | acl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 fr | mark |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 fr | cop |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 fr | punct |
| 11 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 supposed | xcomp |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the philosopher's stone | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | suppose | participle | the philosopher's stone not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | to-infinitive | fr | 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
A jewel made of light and truth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 jewel | det |
| 2 | jewel | jewel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 jewel | acl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 light | case |
| 5 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 truth | cc |
| 7 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 light | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | a jewel not said here | of light and truth | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
Option 2
A jewel that forms when truth, beauty, and goodness come together in one soul
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 jewel | det |
| 2 | jewel | jewel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 forms | nsubj |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 forms | nsubj |
| 4 | forms | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 truth | mark |
| 6 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 forms | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 beauty | punct |
| 8 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 truth | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 come | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 come | cc |
| 11 | goodness | goodness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 come | nsubj |
| 12 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 forms | conj |
| 13 | together | together | ADV | _ | 12 come | advmod |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 soul | case |
| 15 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 soul | nummod |
| 16 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | form | present | a jewel | truth and beauty | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location truth=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come together | present | goodness | one soul | together property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in soul=Location |
Option 3
A magic rock that turns lead into gold and cures all the diseases of man
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 rock | det |
| 2 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 rock | amod |
| 3 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 turns | nsubj |
| 5 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 rock | acl:relcl |
| 6 | lead | lead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turns | obj |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 gold | case |
| 8 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turns | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 cures | cc |
| 10 | cures | cure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 turns | conj |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 diseases | det:predet |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 diseases | det |
| 13 | diseases | disease | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 cures | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 man | case |
| 15 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 diseases | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | a magic rock | lead | gold | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent lead=Theme into gold=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | cure | present | a magic rock not said here | all diseases of man | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer disease=Source |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A jewel of true, beautiful, good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 jewel | det |
| 2 | jewel | jewel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 true | case |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 jewel | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 beautiful | punct |
| 6 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 true | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 good | punct |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 true | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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. Elamur Cosmic License.
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