Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor scul…
Sick, what did the rich guy promise to do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: sick, do · To what, where: rich guy promise
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | Sick | sick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Sick | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 promise | det |
| 6 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 promise | amod |
| 7 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 promise | compound |
| 8 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 do | mark |
| 10 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 promise | acl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sick | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | past | the rich guy promise | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | do | to-infinitive | the rich guy promise not said here | vn act-114-1 «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
Buy the marble Psyche as soon as the sculptor has finished every last detail of it
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Psyche | det |
| 3 | marble | marble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Psyche | compound |
| 4 | Psyche | psyche | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Buy | obj |
| 5 | as | as | ADV | _ | 6 soon | advmod |
| 6 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Buy | advmod |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 finished | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sculptor | det |
| 9 | sculptor | sculptor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 finished | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 finished | aux |
| 11 | finished | finish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 soon | advcl |
| 12 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 detail | det |
| 13 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 detail | amod |
| 14 | detail | detail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Buy | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 it | case |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 detail | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | imperative | you not said here | the marble Psyche | soon property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent psyche=Beneficiary detail=Theme | |||
| 2 | finish | present · perfect · passive | the sculptor | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | detail | sculptor | nom detail «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Buy the marble Psyche when it's done
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 marble | det |
| 3 | marble | marble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Buy | obj |
| 4 | Psyche | Psyche | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 marble | appos |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 done | advmod |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 done | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 done | aux |
| 8 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Buy | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | imperative | you not said here | the marble | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marble=Theme | ||||
| 2 | do | present · passive | marble | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 3
Pay the sculptor a fortune and bring him to live in the palace with the family
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sculptor | det |
| 3 | sculptor | sculptor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pay | obj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fortune | det |
| 5 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pay | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 bring | cc |
| 7 | bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Pay | conj |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 bring | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 live | mark |
| 10 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 bring | xcomp |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 palace | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 palace | det |
| 13 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 live | obl |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 family | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 family | det |
| 16 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 palace | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | imperative | you not said here | the sculptor | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent sculptor=Recipient fortune=Asset | ||||
| 2 | bring | infinitive | you not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | live | to-infinitive | you not said here | the palace with the family | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location |
Option 4
Buy the bronze statue after it's sold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 statue | det |
| 3 | bronze | bronze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 statue | compound |
| 4 | statue | statue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Buy | obj |
| 5 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 8 sold | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sold | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sold | aux:pass |
| 8 | sold | sell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Buy | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | imperative | you not said here | the bronze statue | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statue=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sell | present · passive | statue | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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