Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor scul…

Lit, what did the sculptor do before going to the palace?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sculptor · What happens: do, go · To what, where: palace

This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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	Lit	lit	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lit	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sculptor	det
6	sculptor	sculptor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 going	mark
9	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 do	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 palace	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 palace	det
12	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 going	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the sculptor		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	go	gerund	the sculptor not said here	the palace	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial_Location

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

He put on his finest clothes, took his tools, and walked to the palace with his friends

The tree, 17 words

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	2 put	nsubj
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 clothes	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 clothes	nmod:poss
5	finest	fine	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 clothes	amod
6	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 put	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 took	punct
8	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 put	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 tools	nmod:poss
10	tools	tool	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 took	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 walked	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 walked	cc
13	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 put	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 palace	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 palace	det
16	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 walked	obl
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 friends	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 friends	nmod:poss
19	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 palace	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	put	past	He		his finest clothes		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on clothes=Destination
2	take	past	He not said here	his tools			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tool=Theme
3	walk	past	He not said here			to the palace with his friends result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to palace=Result

Option 2

He sat and drew some lines

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	2 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 drew	cc
4	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sat	conj
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 lines	det
6	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 drew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	He						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	draw	past	He not said here	some lines					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He knelt down and prayed to Heaven

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	2 knelt	nsubj
2	knelt	kneel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 knelt	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 prayed	cc
5	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knelt	conj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Heaven	case
7	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 prayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kneel down	past	He						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pray	past	He not said here		Heaven				vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

He knelt down in the courtyard and prayed to Heaven for strength before he set out

The tree, 16 words

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	2 knelt	nsubj
2	knelt	kneel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 knelt	compound:prt
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 courtyard	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 courtyard	det
6	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knelt	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 prayed	cc
8	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knelt	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Heaven	case
10	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 prayed	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 strength	case
12	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prayed	obl
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	15 set	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 set	nsubj
15	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 prayed	advcl
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 set	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	kneel down	past	He		the courtyard		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in courtyard=Location
2	pray	past	He not said here	Heaven		for strength	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for strength=Theme
3	set out	past	Heaven				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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