Exam question 4 · Perrault's Tales, Riquet with the Tuft, part 11: the two p…

On what terms did Riquet undertake to bestow wit upon the Princess, and how long did he grant her to deliberate?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: terms, Riquet · What happens: undertake, bestow, grant, deliberate · To what, where: wit, Princess

This is exam question 4 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	On	on	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 undertake	obl
3	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 undertake	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 undertake	aux
5	Riquet	Riquet	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	nsubj
6	undertake	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 bestow	mark
8	bestow	bestow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 undertake	xcomp
9	wit	wit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bestow	obj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 Princess	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Princess	det
12	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bestow	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 grant	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 grant	cc
15	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	16 long	advmod
16	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	19 grant	advmod
17	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 grant	aux
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 grant	nsubj
19	grant	grant	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 undertake	conj
20	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 grant	obj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 deliberate	mark
22	deliberate	deliberate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 grant	advcl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 undertake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	undertake	past · do-support	terms			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	bestow	to-infinitive	terms not said here	wit	upon the Princess	tree rules
3	grant	past · do-support	Riquet	Princess	long property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent she=Theme
4	deliberate	to-infinitive	Riquet not said here			vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=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

Option 1

On condition of marriage, allowing her a year to decide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	2 condition	case
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 marriage	case
4	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 condition	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 allowing	punct
6	allowing	allow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 condition	parataxis
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 allowing	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 year	det
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 allowing	obl:unmarked
10	to	to	PART	_	11 decide	mark
11	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 allowing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	allow	gerund		her = she	year	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary
2	decide	to-infinitive				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	condition		marriage			nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient

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

Upon the terms of marriage, granting her a whole year to consider

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 terms	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 terms	det
3	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 granting	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 marriage	case
5	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 terms	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 terms	punct
7	granting	grant	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 granting	obj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 year	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 year	amod
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 granting	obl:unmarked
12	to	to	PART	_	13 consider	mark
13	consider	consider	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 year	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	grant	gerund	her = she	year	upon the terms of marriage	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	consider	to-infinitive				vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent
3	term		marriage			nom term «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Upon the terms of marriage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 terms	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 terms	det
3	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 marriage	case
5	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 terms	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	term			marriage					nom term «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

On the terms of a gift, granting her a month to decide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 terms	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 terms	det
3	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 granting	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 gift	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 gift	det
6	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 terms	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 terms	punct
8	granting	grant	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 granting	obj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 month	det
11	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 granting	obl:unmarked
12	to	to	PART	_	13 decide	mark
13	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 granting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	grant	gerund	her = she	the terms of a gift	month	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	decide	to-infinitive				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	term		a gift			nom term «communication transitive»: of=patient

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