Exam question 1 · Perrault's Tales, Riquet with the Tuft, part 11: the two p…

Which gift did the Fairy bestow upon the eldest princess, and what was its condition?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: gift · What happens: bestow, be · To what, where: condition

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1086 «Perrault's Tales, Riquet with the Tuft, part 11: the two princesses and Riquet's bargain» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 gift	det
2	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bestow	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bestow	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Fairy	det
5	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bestow	nsubj
6	bestow	bestow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 princess	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
9	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 princess	amod
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bestow	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 condition	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 condition	cc
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 condition	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 condition	cop
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 condition	nmod:poss
16	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bestow	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 bestow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bestow	past · do-support	which gift					upon the eldest princess	tree rules
2	is a	past		Fairy's condition					tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

She bestowed the power to render handsome the person who best pleased her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bestowed	nsubj
2	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 power	det
4	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bestowed	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 render	mark
6	render	render	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 bestowed	advcl
7	handsome	handsome	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 render	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 handsome	obj
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 pleased	nsubj
11	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	12 pleased	advmod
12	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 person	acl
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 pleased	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	bestow	past	She	the power	tree rules
2	render	to-infinitive	She not said here		tree rules
3	handsome	infinitive	She not said here	the person	tree rules

Option 2

She bestowed the power to render handsome the person who best pleased her, on one condition only

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bestowed	nsubj
2	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 power	det
4	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bestowed	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 render	mark
6	render	render	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 bestowed	advcl
7	handsome	handsome	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 render	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 handsome	obj
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 pleased	nsubj
11	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	12 pleased	advmod
12	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 person	acl
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 pleased	nsubj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 condition	punct
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 condition	case
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 condition	nummod
17	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bestowed	obl
18	only	only	ADV	_	17 condition	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	bestow	past	She	the power	one condition	tree rules
2	render	to-infinitive	She not said here			tree rules
3	handsome	infinitive	She not said here	the person		tree rules

Option 3

She gave the power to make handsome whoever pleased her most

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 power	det
4	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 gave	advcl
7	handsome	handsome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 make	xcomp
8	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 pleased	nsubj
9	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 handsome	conj
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 most	nmod:poss
11	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	She	the power					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme
2	make	to-infinitive	She not said here	her most				handsome property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 4

She bestowed the power to render handsome the person who best pleased her, though she was forbidden to use it in the palace

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bestowed	nsubj
2	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 power	det
4	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bestowed	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 render	mark
6	render	render	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 bestowed	advcl
7	handsome	handsome	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 render	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 handsome	obj
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 pleased	nsubj
11	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	12 pleased	advmod
12	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 person	acl
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 pleased	nsubj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 forbidden	punct
15	though	though	SCONJ	_	18 forbidden	mark
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 forbidden	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 forbidden	aux:pass
18	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bestowed	parataxis
19	to	to	PART	_	20 use	mark
20	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 forbidden	xcomp
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 use	obj
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 palace	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 palace	det
24	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	bestow	past	She	the power		tree rules
2	render	to-infinitive	She not said here			tree rules
3	handsome	infinitive	She not said here	the person		tree rules
4	forbid	past · passive		person		tree rules
5	use	to-infinitive		power	the palace	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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