Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Psyche: a young artist becomes a mon…

Which phrase best describes the monk's state of mind before his death?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: phrase · What happens: describe, die · To what, where: state

This is exam question 1 of lesson 954 «Andersen's Tales, The Psyche: a young artist becomes a monk, doubts his faith, dies, and centuries later his marble Psyche is dug up» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	2 phrase	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 monk	det
6	monk	monk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 state	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 monk	case
8	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 mind	case
10	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 state	nmod
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 death	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 death	nmod:poss
13	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which phrase	the monk's state of mind			before phrase's death		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent state=Theme
2	die		phrase						nom death «event intransitive»: poss=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

Calm and content

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 content	cc
3	content	content	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Calm	conj

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

Option 2

Lost in fierce anger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 anger	case
3	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 anger	amod
4	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle				fierce anger			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in anger=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Sunk in bitter reflection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sunk	Sunk	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 reflection	case
3	bitter	bitter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reflection	amod
4	reflection	reflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sunk	nmod

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

Option 4

Full of deep despair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 despair	case
3	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 despair	amod
4	despair	despair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Full	obl

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

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