Exam question 2 · Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor scul…
Which of the following most accurately identifies the figure whose likeness the sculptor was commissioned to reproduce?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, identify, commission, reproduce · To what, where: figure, likeness
This is exam question 2 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 | 7 identifies | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 7 identifies | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 identifies | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 identifies | csubj |
| 5 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 6 accurately | advmod |
| 6 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 7 identifies | advmod |
| 7 | identifies | identify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 figure | det |
| 9 | figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 identifies | obj |
| 10 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 11 likeness | nmod:poss |
| 11 | likeness | likeness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 commissioned | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 sculptor | det |
| 13 | sculptor | sculptor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 commissioned | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 commissioned | aux:pass |
| 15 | commissioned | commission | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 figure | acl:relcl |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 reproduce | mark |
| 17 | reproduce | reproduce | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 commissioned | xcomp |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 identifies | 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 | identify | present | the figure | accurately property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent figure=Theme | ||||
| 3 | commission | past · passive | likeness | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 4 | reproduce | to-infinitive | vn birth-28.2-2 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer
A Psyche resembling the daughter of a noble house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 Psyche | det |
| 2 | Psyche | psyche | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | resembling | resemble | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 Psyche | acl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 daughter | det |
| 5 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 resembling | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 house | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 house | det |
| 8 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 house | amod |
| 9 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 daughter | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | resemble | gerund | a Psyche not said here | the daughter of a noble house | tree rules |
Option 2
A figure of the old master Raphael's own design
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 figure | det |
| 2 | figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 master | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 master | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 master | amod |
| 6 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 figure | nmod |
| 7 | Raphael | Raphael | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 design | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Raphael | case |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 design | amod |
| 10 | design | design | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 master | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | figure | the old master | nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 2 | design | Raphael | nom design «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
A goddess of the sea and storms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 goddess | det |
| 2 | goddess | goddess | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 sea | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sea | det |
| 5 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 goddess | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 storms | cc |
| 7 | storms | storm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 goddess | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A Psyche painted by Raphael long ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 Psyche | det |
| 2 | Psyche | psyche | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 Psyche | acl |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 Raphael | case |
| 5 | Raphael | Raphael | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 painted | obl |
| 6 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 ago | advmod |
| 7 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 3 painted | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paint | participle | a Psyche not said here | by Raphael; ago property | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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