Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion: the magi…

On what condition did the traveller advise John to refrain from untying the handkerchief?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: do, refrain, untie · To what, where: traveller advise, condition, handkerchief

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1010 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion: the magician's head, the swan, and the farewell» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 condition	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 condition	nsubj
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 advise	det
6	traveller	traveller	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 advise	compound
7	advise	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 advise	appos
9	to	to	PART	_	10 refrain	mark
10	refrain	refrain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	advcl
11	from	from	SCONJ	_	12 untying	mark
12	untying	untie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 refrain	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 handkerchief	det
14	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 untying	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	the traveller advise	condition	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Eventuality
2	refrain	to-infinitive			vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	untie	gerund	the handkerchief		vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handkerchief=Patient

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

Option 1

Until the princess asked him what she was thinking of, and not before the wedding feast was finished and the guests had left the hall

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Until	until	SCONJ	_	4 asked	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	nsubj
4	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asked	iobj
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 thinking	obj
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 thinking	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 thinking	aux
9	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 asked	ccomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	9 thinking	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 finished	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 finished	cc
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 finished	advmod
14	before	before	SCONJ	_	19 finished	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 feast	det
16	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 feast	compound
17	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 finished	nsubj:pass
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 finished	aux:pass
19	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 asked	advcl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 left	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 guests	det
22	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 left	nsubj:pass
23	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 left	aux
24	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 asked	conj
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 hall	det
26	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the princess		him = he	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	think speech: other	past · progressive	princess			vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
3	not finish	past · passive		the wedding feast		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality
4	leave	past · perfect · passive		the guests		vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme hall=Attribute

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Until the princess asked him what she was thinking of

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Until	until	SCONJ	_	4 asked	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	nsubj
4	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asked	iobj
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 thinking	obj
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 thinking	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 thinking	aux
9	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 asked	ccomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	9 thinking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the princess		him = he				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	think speech: other	past · progressive	princess						vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

Option 3

Until the princess had asked him, in front of the whole court, what she was thinking of at that moment

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Until	until	SCONJ	_	5 asked	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asked	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	aux
5	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 asked	iobj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 front	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 front	case
9	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asked	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 court	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 court	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 court	amod
13	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 front	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 thinking	punct
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 thinking	obj
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 thinking	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 thinking	aux
18	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 court	conj
19	of	of	ADP	_	18 thinking	obl
20	at	at	ADP	_	22 moment	case
21	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 moment	det
22	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 thinking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past · perfect · passive		the princess	him = he	front of the whole court			tree rules
2	think speech: other	past · progressive	princess	the whole court			moment		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

Option 4

Until the king gave his permission to open it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Until	until	SCONJ	_	4 gave	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 permission	nmod:poss
6	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 open	mark
8	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 gave	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 open	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	past	the king	king's permission	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Theme
2	open	to-infinitive	the king not said here	permission	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
3	permit		king		nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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