--- title: According to the passage, what is the philosopher's stone understood… — Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's St… · tree and pragmatics description: According to the passage, what is the philosopher's stone understood to represent? Exam question 3 of lesson 938 «Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's Stone, part 149: a wise man in a crystal castle fears death and teaches his children about the philosopher's stone» of the books course of Mova's prim --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/938-pg27200-part149/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's St…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/938-pg27200-part149/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's Stone, part 149: a wis… According to the passage, what is the philosopher's stone understood to represent? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stone · **What happens:** accord, be, understand, represent · **To what, where:** stone This is exam question 3 of lesson 938 «Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's Stone, part 149: a wise man in a crystal castle fears death and teaches his children about the philosopher's stone» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/938-pg27200-part149/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:e3:1 # text = According to the passage, what is the philosopher's stone understood to represent? 1 According accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 philosopher philosopher NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 represent represent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | | the philosopher's stone | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **understand** | past | the philosopher's stone | | | | | accord the passage | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **represent** | to-infinitive | the philosopher's stone *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A jewel formed when the true, the beautiful, and the good are united ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:e3:o1:1 # text = A jewel formed when the true, the beautiful, and the good are united 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 jewel jewel NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 nsubj _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 united united ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **form** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | united *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} A precious object that changes base metals into gold by alchemy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:e3:o2:1 # text = A precious object that changes base metals into gold by alchemy 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 metals metal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 alchemy alchemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | present | a precious object | base metals | | | | into gold *result*; by alchemy | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent metal=Patient into gold=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} A gem of pure gold and light ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:e3:o3:1 # text = A gem of pure gold and light 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gem gem NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A jewel of the sun and moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:e3:o4:1 # text = A jewel of the sun and moon 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 jewel jewel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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