Exam question 3 · Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor scul…

Which of the following most accurately states the condition under which the wealthy patrician undertook to purchase the sculpture?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wealthy patrician · What happens: follow, state, undertake, purchase · To what, where: condition, sculpture · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 states	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 states	advmod
7	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 condition	det
9	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 states	obj
10	under	under	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 undertook	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 patrician	det
13	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 patrician	amod
14	patrician	patrician	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 undertook	nsubj
15	undertook	undertake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 condition	acl:relcl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 purchase	mark
17	purchase	purchase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 undertook	xcomp
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sculpture	det
19	sculpture	sculpture	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 purchase	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the condition		accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic
3	undertake	past	the wealthy patrician		the condition		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	purchase	to-infinitive	the wealthy patrician not said here	the sculpture			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sculpture=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

Once the palace hall is painted gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Once	once	SCONJ	_	6 painted	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hall	det
3	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hall	compound
4	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 painted	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 painted	aux:pass
6	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 painted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	present · passive		the palace hall					vn coloring-24 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient gold=Result

Option 2

When the bronze statue is cast and sold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	6 cast	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 statue	det
3	bronze	bronze	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 statue	amod
4	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cast	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cast	aux:pass
6	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sold	cc
8	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cast	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cast	present · passive		the bronze statue					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product
2	sell	participle							vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Upon the completion of the marble Psyche and only if the sculptor agrees to her exact design

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 completion	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 completion	det
3	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 marble	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 marble	det
6	marble	marble	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 completion	nmod
7	Psyche	Psyche	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 marble	appos
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 agrees	cc
9	only	only	ADV	_	13 agrees	advmod
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 agrees	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sculptor	det
12	sculptor	sculptor	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 agrees	nsubj
13	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 Psyche	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 design	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 design	nmod:poss
16	exact	exact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 design	amod
17	design	design	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 agrees	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	the sculptor		to sculptor's exact design	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	complete			the marble		nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient
3	design		sculptor			nom design «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Upon the completion of the marble Psyche

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 completion	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 completion	det
3	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 Psyche	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Psyche	det
6	marble	marble	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Psyche	compound
7	Psyche	psyche	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 completion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complete			the marble Psyche					nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient

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