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title: Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which… — Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which the sculptor was received upon his visit to the palace? Exam question 4 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 co
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor scul…

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Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which the sculptor was received upon his visit to the palace?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** his · **What happens:** follow, describe, receive, visit · **To what, where:** manner, sculptor

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:e4:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which the sculptor was received upon his visit to the palace?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sculptor	sculptor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
16	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	visit	visit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 | **describe** | present |  | the manner |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 3 | **receive** | past · passive |  | the sculptor |  | the manner |  | upon his visit to the palace | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in which=Location |
| 4 | **visit** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  | to the palace | nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

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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}

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With great courtesy and warmth by the aged master of the house, who laughed and called him a friend

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:e4:o1:1
# text = With great courtesy and warmth by the aged master of the house, who laughed and called him a friend
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past |  |  |  |  |  | with great courtesy by the aged master of the house and warmth | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **call** | past |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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With sharp suspicion by the watchful servants of the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:e4:o2:1
# text = With sharp suspicion by the watchful servants of the hall
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	suspicion	suspicion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	watchful	watchful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suspect** |  | the watchful servants of the hall |  |  |  |  |  | nom suspicion «cognition transitive»: by=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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With open hostility by the young lady of the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:e4:o3:1
# text = With open hostility by the young lady of the house
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hostility	hostility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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With great courtesy by the aged master of the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:e4:o4:1
# text = With great courtesy by the aged master of the house
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

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