Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Could Not Shiver: a bri…

Upon what condition was the crown to pass to one of the King's sons, according to the account of the three feathers?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: be, pass, accord, account · To what, where: crown, one, three feathers

This is exam question 4 of lesson 104 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Could Not Shiver: a bride pours cold fish over him and he learns to shiver» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 pass	obl
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crown	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 crown	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crown	det
6	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	acl:relcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 pass	mark
8	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 one	case
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 pass	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 sons	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 King	det
13	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 sons	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 King	case
15	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 one	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 account	punct
17	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 account	case
18	to	to	ADP	_	17 according	fixed
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 account	det
20	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pass	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	24 feathers	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 feathers	det
23	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	24 feathers	nummod
24	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 account	nmod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 pass	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	condition	the crown			tree rules
2	pass	to-infinitive			one of the King's sons	accord the account of the three feathers	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon what=Location
3	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
4	account			the three feathers			nom account «communication transitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice

Whoever had the greatest skill with a bow and arrow in the royal hunt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 skill	det
4	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 skill	amod
5	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 bow	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bow	det
8	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 arrow	cc
10	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bow	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 hunt	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hunt	det
13	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 hunt	amod
14	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Whoever	the greatest skill		the royal hunt		with a bow and arrow	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skill=Patient

Option 2

Whoever could show the King the most beautiful ring, jewelled crown, and fine carpet from abroad

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 show	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 show	aux
3	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 show	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ring	det
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 beautiful	advmod
8	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ring	amod
9	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 show	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 crown	punct
11	jewelled	jewell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 crown	amod
12	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ring	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 carpet	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 carpet	cc
15	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 carpet	amod
16	carpet	carpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 show	obl
17	from	from	ADP	_	18 abroad	case
18	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	16 carpet	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	could	Whoever	the beautiful ring and jewelled crown	the King			fine carpet obl	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient ring=Topic
2	jewell	participle							tree rules

Option 3

Whoever brought the finest horse home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 brought	nsubj
2	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 home	det
4	finest	fine	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 home	amod
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 home	compound
6	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brought	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	Whoever	the finest horse home					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent home=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Whoever obtained the most splendid carpet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 obtained	nsubj
2	obtained	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 carpet	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 splendid	advmod
5	splendid	splendid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 carpet	amod
6	carpet	carpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obtained	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	past	Whoever	the splendid carpet					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset carpet=Theme

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