Exam question 1 · Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor scul…

Which of the following most accurately describes the principal difficulty of the young sculptor prior to the events of this passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe · To what, where: principal difficulty

This is exam question 1 of lesson 952 «Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor sculptor in Rome falls in love with a noble lady and carves her in marble» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 difficulty	det
9	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 difficulty	amod
10	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 sculptor	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sculptor	det
13	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sculptor	amod
14	sculptor	sculptor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 difficulty	nmod
15	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	18 events	case
16	to	to	ADP	_	15 prior	fixed
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 events	det
18	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 difficulty	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 passage	case
20	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	21 passage	det
21	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 events	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the principal difficulty of the young sculptor				prior the events of this passage; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent difficulty=Theme

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

He habitually destroyed his own unfinished clay work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 destroyed	nsubj
2	habitually	habitually	ADV	_	3 destroyed	advmod
3	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 work	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 work	amod
6	unfinished	unfinished	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 clay	compound
7	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 work	compound
8	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 destroyed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destroy	past	He	his own clay work				habitually property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Patient
2	work		his = he						nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He often sold his clay figures before they were ready

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sold	nsubj
2	often	often	ADV	_	3 sold	advmod
3	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 figures	nmod:poss
5	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 figures	compound
6	figures	figure	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sold	obj
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 ready	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ready	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ready	cop
10	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sold	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sell	past	He	his clay figures	often property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent figure=Theme
2	is	past	figures = figure		ready property	tree rules
3	figure		his = he			nom figure «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He never finished any of his statues

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 finished	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 finished	advmod
3	finished	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	3 finished	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 statues	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 statues	nmod:poss
7	statues	statue	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 any	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not finish	past	He	any					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector any=Eventuality

Option 4

He always sold work too cheaply

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sold	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 sold	advmod
3	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	obj
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 cheaply	advmod
6	cheaply	cheaply	ADV	_	3 sold	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	He	work				always, cheaply property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme

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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