Exam question 2 · Andersen's tales, Psyche: the sculptor is scorned, feasts…

Where does the sculptor finally conceal the marble statue of Psyche, and what does he cover it with?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Psyche · What happens: do, conceal, cover · To what, where: sculptor, marble statue, statue

This is exam question 2 of lesson 953 «Andersen's tales, Psyche: the sculptor is scorned, feasts with artists, buries his marble statue and turns to faith» 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	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	2 does	advmod
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 conceal	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sculptor	det
4	sculptor	sculptor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
5	finally	finally	ADV	_	6 conceal	advmod
6	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 statue	det
8	marble	marble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 statue	amod
9	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conceal	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Psyche	case
11	Psyche	Psyche	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 statue	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 cover	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 cover	cc
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 cover	obj
15	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 cover	aux
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 cover	nsubj
17	cover	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 conceal	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 cover	obj
19	with	with	ADP	_	17 cover	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 conceal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present		the sculptor		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sculptor=Eventuality
2	conceal	present		the marble statue of Psyche	finally property	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statue=Patient
3	cover	present · do-support	Psyche	statue		tree rules

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

In a dry well, under nettles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 well	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 well	det
3	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 well	amod
4	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 well	punct
6	under	under	ADP	_	7 nettles	case
7	nettles	nettle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 well	nmod

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

Option 2

He buries it in a cellar, covered with leaves and moss

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 buries	nsubj
2	buries	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 buries	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cellar	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cellar	det
6	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 buries	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 covered	punct
8	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 buries	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 leaves	case
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 covered	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 moss	cc
12	moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 leaves	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	present	He	it		a cellar			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in cellar=Destination
2	cover	participle	He not said here					with leaves and moss	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with leaf=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He hides it in an old dry well, covered with twigs and nettles

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 hides	nsubj
2	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hides	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 dry	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dry	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dry	amod
7	dry	dry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hides	obl
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 hides	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 covered	punct
10	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 hides	conj
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 twigs	case
12	twigs	twig	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 covered	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 nettles	cc
14	nettles	nettle	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 twigs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	He	it		a old dry		well property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient in dry=Location
2	cover	participle	He not said here					with twigs and nettles	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with twig=Theme

Option 4

He hides it in a ruin, covered with straw and stones

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 hides	nsubj
2	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hides	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 ruin	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ruin	det
6	ruin	ruin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hides	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 covered	punct
8	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 ruin	acl
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 straw	case
10	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 covered	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 stones	cc
12	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 straw	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	He	it		a ruin			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient in ruin=Location
2	cover	participle		a ruin not said here				with straw and stones	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with straw=Theme

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