Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dying Queen makes the K…

Which of the following describes the condition under which the Queen extracted the King's oath?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Queen · What happens: follow, describe, extract · To what, where: condition, oath

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1091 «Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dying Queen makes the King swear, the King goes mad, and the Princess flees to her godmother» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 condition	det
7	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	under	under	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 extracted	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Queen	det
11	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 extracted	nsubj
12	extracted	extract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 condition	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 King	det
14	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 oath	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 King	case
16	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 extracted	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the condition		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
3	extract	past	the Queen	the King's oath	the condition	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oath=Theme

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

that he should not remarry unless he found a woman lovelier than the Council desired

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 remarry	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 remarry	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 remarry	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 remarry	advmod
5	remarry	remarry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 desired	ccomp
6	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	8 found	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 found	nsubj
8	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 remarry	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 woman	det
10	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lovelier	obl:unmarked
11	lovelier	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 found	ccomp
12	than	than	ADP	_	14 Council	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Council	det
14	Council	Council	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 lovelier	obl
15	desired	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	not remarry	should	he	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	find a condition, not said to happen	past	he	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	desire	past		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme

Option 2

that he not marry a lesser lady ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 marry	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 marry	nsubj
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 marry	advmod
4	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lady	det
6	lesser	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 lady	amod
7	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 marry	obj
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 marry	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not marry	infinitive	he	a lesser lady			ever		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

that he should not remarry unless he found a Princess more beautiful than herself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 remarry	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 remarry	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 remarry	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 remarry	advmod
5	remarry	remarry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	8 found	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 found	nsubj
8	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 remarry	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 Princess	det
10	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 found	obj
11	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 beautiful	advmod
12	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 found	xcomp
13	than	than	ADP	_	14 herself	case
14	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 beautiful	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not remarry	should	he						vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	find a condition, not said to happen	past	he	a Princess				beautiful property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Topic

Option 4

that he never marry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 marry	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 marry	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 marry	advmod
4	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not marry	infinitive	he						vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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