Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor scul…

No way, what did the rich dad say when he saw the clay?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: way · What happens: do, say, see · To what, where: rich dad, clay · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 say	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 way	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dad	det
7	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dad	amod
8	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
9	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 saw	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 saw	nsubj
12	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 say	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 clay	det
14	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 saw	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	no way	the rich dad	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	present	no way		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	see	past	way	the clay	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer clay=Stimulus

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

"It is your living image, my friend, and I will pay you well for it"

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 image	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 image	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 image	cop
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 image	nmod:poss
5	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 image	amod
6	image	image	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 friend	punct
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 friend	nmod:poss
9	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 image	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 pay	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 pay	cc
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 pay	nsubj
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 pay	aux
14	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 image	parataxis
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 pay	obj
16	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 pay	advmod
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 pay	obl
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 image	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	It	your living image and my friend					tree rules
2	pay in a quote	future	I	you				for friend; well property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent you=Asset for it=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

"It is your living image"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 image	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 image	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 image	cop
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 image	nmod:poss
5	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 image	amod
6	image	image	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 image	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	It	your living image					tree rules

Option 3

"It is a lovely thing"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 thing	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 thing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 thing	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 thing	det
5	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thing	amod
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	It	a lovely thing					tree rules

Option 4

"Never have I seen a clay figure so like a living woman in all my years"

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 seen	punct
2	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 have	advmod
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 seen	aux
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 seen	nsubj
5	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 figure	det
7	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 figure	compound
8	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seen	obj
9	so	so	ADV	_	5 seen	advmod
10	like	like	ADP	_	13 woman	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 woman	det
12	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 woman	amod
13	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seen	obl:agent
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 years	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 years	det:predet
16	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 years	nmod:poss
17	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 woman	nmod
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 seen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see in a quote	present · perfect	I	a clay figure					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer figure=Stimulus

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