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title: what's the philosopher's stone supposed to be, fr? — Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's St… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's the philosopher's stone supposed to be, fr? Test 6 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's Stone, part 149: a wis…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what's the philosopher's stone supposed to be, fr?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stone · **What happens:** be, suppose · **To what, where:** stone, fr

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This is test 6 · ★ 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. 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t6:1
# text = what's the philosopher's stone supposed to be, fr?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	philosopher	philosopher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
7	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the philosopher's stone |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **suppose** | participle |  | the philosopher's stone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | fr |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A jewel made of light and truth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t6:o1:1
# text = A jewel made of light and truth
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jewel	jewel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a jewel *not said here* |  |  |  | of light and truth | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A jewel that forms when truth, beauty, and goodness come together in one soul

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t6:o2:1
# text = A jewel that forms when truth, beauty, and goodness come together in one soul
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jewel	jewel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	forms	form	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
6	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	goodness	goodness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	together	together	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | present | a jewel | truth and beauty |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location truth=Theme |
| 2 | **come together** | present | goodness |  |  | one soul |  | together *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in soul=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A magic rock that turns lead into gold and cures all the diseases of man

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t6:o3:1
# text = A magic rock that turns lead into gold and cures all the diseases of man
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	lead	lead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	cures	cure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	diseases	disease	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | a magic rock | lead |  | gold |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent lead=Theme into gold=Trajectory |
| 2 | **cure** | present | a magic rock *not said here* | all diseases of man |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer disease=Source |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A jewel of true, beautiful, good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t6:o4:1
# text = A jewel of true, beautiful, good
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	_	4	case	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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