Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor scul…

Wait, where was the marble block lying around?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, marble block · What happens: wait, be, lie around · To what, where: marble block

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 block	punct
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 block	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 block	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 block	det
6	marble	marble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 block	amod
7	block	block	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
8	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 block	acl
9	around	around	ADV	_	8 lying	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past		the marble block		tree rules
3	lie around	gerund	the marble block not said here		around property	vn assuming_position-50 «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

Beside the old well and the fountain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beside	beside	ADP	_	3 old	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 old	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 old	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fountain	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fountain	det
7	fountain	fountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 old	conj

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

In the courtyard, all covered in weeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 courtyard	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 courtyard	det
3	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 covered	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 courtyard	punct
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 covered	nsubj:pass
6	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 weeds	case
8	weeds	weed	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 covered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	participle · passive		all				in weeds; in the courtyard	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in courtyard=Theme

Option 3

Lying in the open lane beside the palace gate, half buried under broken tiles and weeds

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 buried	advcl
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 lane	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lane	det
4	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lane	amod
5	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lying	obl
6	beside	beside	ADP	_	9 gate	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gate	det
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gate	compound
9	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lying	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lying	punct
11	half	half	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	12 buried	advmod
12	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	under	under	ADP	_	15 tiles	case
14	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 tiles	amod
15	tiles	tile	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 buried	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 weeds	cc
17	weeds	weed	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 tiles	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund	the open lane	beside the palace gate	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in lane=Location
2	bury	participle	broken tiles and weeds	half property	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent under tile=Destination
3	break	participle			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

In the courtyard of the sculptor's house, all overgrown and covered in dust and weeds

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 courtyard	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 courtyard	det
3	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 overgrown	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 house	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sculptor	det
6	sculptor	sculptor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 house	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 sculptor	case
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 courtyard	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 courtyard	punct
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 overgrown	nsubj:pass
11	overgrown	overgrow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 covered	cc
13	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 overgrown	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 dust	case
15	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 covered	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 weeds	cc
17	weeds	weed	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 dust	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overgrow	participle · passive		all		the courtyard of the sculptor's house			tree rules
2	cover	participle						in dust and weeds	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in dust=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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