--- title: Which phrase best describes the monk's state of mind before his death? — Andersen's Tales, The Psyche: a young… · tree and pragmatics description: Which phrase best describes the monk's state of mind before his death? Exam question 1 of lesson 954 «Andersen's Tales, The Psyche: a young artist becomes a monk, doubts his faith, dies, and centuries later his marble Psyche is dug up» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/954-pg27200-part165/e1/) [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 Psyche: a young…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/954-pg27200-part165/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Psyche: a young artist becomes a mon… Which phrase best describes the monk's state of mind before his death? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** phrase · **What happens:** describe, die · **To what, where:** state This is exam question 1 of lesson 954 «Andersen's Tales, The Psyche: a young artist becomes a monk, doubts his faith, dies, and centuries later his marble Psyche is dug up» 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/954-pg27200-part165/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:954-pg27200-part165:e1:1 # text = Which phrase best describes the monk's state of mind before his death? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 phrase phrase NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 2 advmod _ _ 4 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 monk monk NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 before before ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present | which phrase | the monk's state of mind | | | before phrase's death | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent state=Theme | | 2 | **die** | | phrase | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=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 {#o1} Calm and content ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:954-pg27200-part165:e1:o1:1 # text = Calm and content 1 Calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 content content ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Lost in fierce anger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:954-pg27200-part165:e1:o2:1 # text = Lost in fierce anger 1 Lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | participle | | | | fierce anger | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in anger=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Sunk in bitter reflection ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:954-pg27200-part165:e1:o3:1 # text = Sunk in bitter reflection 1 Sunk Sunk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reflection reflection NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Full of deep despair ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:954-pg27200-part165:e1:o4:1 # text = Full of deep despair 1 Full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` 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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