Test 13 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dying Queen makes the K…

Man, what did the Queen make the King swear?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Man · What happens: do, make · To what, where: Queen, King swear

This is test 13 · ★ 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. 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	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Man	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Queen	det
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 swear	det
9	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 swear	compound
10	swear	swear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Man	the Queen					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Eventuality
2	make	present	Man	the King swear					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swear=Product

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

never to remarry until he found a woman more beautiful than the first Queen, and never to tell the Council

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 remarry	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 remarry	mark
3	remarry	remarry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 found	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 found	nsubj
6	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 remarry	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 woman	det
8	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 found	obj
9	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 beautiful	advmod
10	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 found	xcomp
11	than	than	ADP	_	14 Queen	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Queen	det
13	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 Queen	amod
14	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 beautiful	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 tell	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 tell	cc
17	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	19 tell	advmod
18	to	to	PART	_	19 tell	mark
19	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 remarry	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Council	det
21	Council	Council	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not remarry	to-infinitive					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	find	past	he	a woman		beautiful property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Topic
3	not tell speech: assert	to-infinitive			the Council		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent council=Recipient

Option 2

to never wed a second time unless he found a fairer bride

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	3 wed	mark
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 wed	advmod
3	wed	wed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 time	det
5	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wed	obj
7	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	9 found	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 found	nsubj
9	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wed	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bride	det
11	fairer	fair	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 bride	amod
12	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not wed	to-infinitive					time		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	find a condition, not said to happen	past	he	a fairer bride					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Topic

Option 3

never to remarry until he found a woman more beautiful than herself and wiser than any queen of the land

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 remarry	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 remarry	mark
3	remarry	remarry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 found	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 found	nsubj
6	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 remarry	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 woman	det
8	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 found	obj
9	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 beautiful	advmod
10	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 found	xcomp
11	than	than	ADP	_	12 herself	case
12	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 beautiful	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 wiser	cc
14	wiser	wise	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 found	conj
15	than	than	ADP	_	17 queen	case
16	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	17 queen	det
17	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wiser	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 land	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 land	det
20	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 queen	nmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

never to remarry till he found a more beautiful woman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 remarry	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 remarry	mark
3	remarry	remarry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	till	till	SCONJ	_	6 found	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 found	nsubj
6	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 remarry	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 woman	det
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 beautiful	advmod
9	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 woman	amod
10	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 found	obj

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

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