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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor scul…

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Which of the following most accurately states the condition under which the wealthy patrician undertook to purchase the sculpture?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wealthy patrician · **What happens:** follow, state, undertake, purchase · **To what, where:** condition, sculpture · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 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, 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/952-pg27200-part163/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:e3:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately states the condition under which the wealthy patrician undertook to purchase the sculpture?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	states	state	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	patrician	patrician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	undertook	undertake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	purchase	purchase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	sculpture	sculpture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | present |  | the condition |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic |
| 3 | **undertake** | past | the wealthy patrician |  |  | the condition |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **purchase** | to-infinitive | the wealthy patrician *not said here* | the sculpture |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sculpture=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Once the palace hall is painted gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:e3:o1:1
# text = Once the palace hall is painted gold
1	Once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | present · passive |  | the palace hall |  |  |  |  | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient gold=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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When the bronze statue is cast and sold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:e3:o2:1
# text = When the bronze statue is cast and sold
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	bronze	bronze	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	cast	cast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cast** | present · passive |  | the bronze statue |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **sell** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Upon the completion of the marble Psyche and only if the sculptor agrees to her exact design

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:e3:o3:1
# text = Upon the completion of the marble Psyche and only if the sculptor agrees to her exact design
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	completion	completion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	Psyche	Psyche	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sculptor	sculptor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	agrees	agree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	design	design	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | the sculptor |  |  |  |  | to sculptor's exact design | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **complete** |  |  | the marble |  |  |  |  | nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **design** |  | sculptor |  |  |  |  |  | nom design «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Upon the completion of the marble Psyche

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:e3:o4:1
# text = Upon the completion of the marble Psyche
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	completion	completion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Psyche	psyche	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **complete** |  |  | the marble Psyche |  |  |  |  | nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient |

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