Exam question 4 · Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor scul…

Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which the sculptor was received upon his visit to the palace?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: his · What happens: follow, describe, receive, visit · To what, where: manner, sculptor

This is exam question 4 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	9 manner	det
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 received	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sculptor	det
13	sculptor	sculptor	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 received	nsubj:pass
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 received	aux:pass
15	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 manner	acl:relcl
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 visit	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 visit	nmod:poss
18	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 received	obl
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 palace	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 palace	det
21	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 visit	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	receive	past · passive		the sculptor	the manner	upon his visit to the palace	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in which=Location
4	visit		his = he			to the palace	nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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

With great courtesy and warmth by the aged master of the house, who laughed and called him a friend

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	3 courtesy	case
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 courtesy	amod
3	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 laughed	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 warmth	cc
5	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 courtesy	conj
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 master	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 master	det
8	aged	aged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 master	amod
9	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 courtesy	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 house	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 house	det
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 master	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 laughed	punct
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 laughed	nsubj
15	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 called	cc
17	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 laughed	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 called	obj
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 friend	det
20	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 called	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past						with great courtesy by the aged master of the house and warmth	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	call	past			him = he				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

With sharp suspicion by the watchful servants of the hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	3 suspicion	case
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 suspicion	amod
3	suspicion	suspicion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 servants	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 servants	det
6	watchful	watchful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 servants	amod
7	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 suspicion	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 hall	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hall	det
10	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 servants	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suspect		the watchful servants of the hall						nom suspicion «cognition transitive»: by=agent

Option 3

With open hostility by the young lady of the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	3 hostility	case
2	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hostility	amod
3	hostility	hostility	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 lady	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lady	det
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lady	amod
7	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hostility	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lady	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

With great courtesy by the aged master of the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	3 courtesy	case
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 courtesy	amod
3	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 master	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 master	det
6	aged	aged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 master	amod
7	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 courtesy	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 master	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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