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title: Okay, what was under all the dirt on the block? — Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Okay, what was under all the dirt on the block? Test 9 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor scul…

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Okay, what was under all the dirt on the block?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** dirt

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This is test 9 · ★ 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. 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t9:1
# text = Okay, what was under all the dirt on the block?
1	Okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	block	block	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  | all dirt |  | on the block | 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}

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Stone as white as mountain snow and as smooth as the finest glass in the palace

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t9:o1:1
# text = Stone as white as mountain snow and as smooth as the finest glass in the palace
1	Stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	as	as	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	as	as	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	smooth	smooth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	finest	fine	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A pure white marble that shone like silver under the morning sun in the courtyard

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t9:o2:1
# text = A pure white marble that shone like silver under the morning sun in the courtyard
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	shone	shine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	under	under	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | past | a pure white marble |  |  | the morning sun |  | like silver; in the courtyard | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under sun=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grey stone full of cracks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t9:o3:1
# text = Grey stone full of cracks
1	Grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cracks	crack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stone as white as mountain snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t9:o4:1
# text = Stone as white as mountain snow
1	Stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	as	as	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

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