Exam question 3 · Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Cinderella goes to the…

State the precise reason the old king gave for forbidding the prince to view the portrait in the final chamber.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old king · What happens: give, forbid, view · To what, where: State, prince, portrait, final chamber

This is exam question 3 of lesson 114 «Grimm's Tales, Cinderella, part 17: Cinderella goes to the feast three times, loses a golden slipper, and the prince seeks his bride; the old king makes faithful John promise to guard his son» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gave	obl:unmarked
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	nmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 king	amod
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gave	nsubj
8	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 forbidding	mark
10	forbidding	forbid	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 gave	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 prince	det
12	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 forbidding	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 view	mark
14	view	view	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 forbidding	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 portrait	det
16	portrait	portrait	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 view	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 chamber	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 chamber	det
19	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 chamber	amod
20	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 view	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	give	past	the old king	State the precise reason		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	forbid	gerund	the old king not said here	the prince		tree rules
3	view	to-infinitive	the old king not said here	the portrait	the final chamber	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer portrait=Stimulus

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 picture would stir a passion that would bring him to a faint and ruin.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 picture	det
2	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stir	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stir	aux
4	stir	stir	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 passion	det
6	passion	passion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stir	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 bring	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 bring	aux
9	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 passion	acl:relcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 bring	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 faint	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 faint	det
13	faint	faint	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bring	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 ruin	cc
15	ruin	ruin	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 faint	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stir	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stir	would	the picture	a passion					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus passion=Experiencer
2	bring	would	a passion	picture		a faint and ruin			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to faint=Destination

Option 2

The portrait would kindle a deep love in his heart that would plunge him into a swoon and peril, so the king forbade it for the sake of his safety

The tree, 30 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 portrait	det
2	portrait	portrait	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kindle	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 kindle	aux
4	kindle	kindle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 love	det
6	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 love	amod
7	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kindle	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 heart	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 heart	nmod:poss
10	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kindle	obl
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 plunge	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 plunge	aux
13	plunge	plunge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 heart	acl:relcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 plunge	obj
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 swoon	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 swoon	det
17	swoon	swoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 plunge	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 peril	cc
19	peril	peril	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 swoon	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 forbade	punct
21	so	so	ADV	_	24 forbade	advmod
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 king	det
23	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 forbade	nsubj
24	forbade	forbid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kindle	parataxis
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 forbade	obj
26	for	for	ADP	_	28 sake	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 sake	det
28	sake	sake	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 forbade	obl
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 safety	case
30	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 safety	nmod:poss
31	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 sake	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	kindle	would	the portrait	a deep love	portrait's heart		vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition love=Patient
2	plunge	would	portrait's heart	portrait	a swoon and peril		vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme
3	forbid	past	the king	love		for the sake of king's safety	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The portrait would kindle a love that would plunge him into a swoon and peril

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 portrait	det
2	portrait	portrait	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kindle	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 kindle	aux
4	kindle	kindle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 love	det
6	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kindle	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 plunge	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 plunge	aux
9	plunge	plunge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 love	acl:relcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 plunge	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 swoon	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 swoon	det
13	swoon	swoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 plunge	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 peril	cc
15	peril	peril	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 swoon	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kindle	would	the portrait	a love					vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition love=Patient
2	plunge	would	a love	portrait		a swoon and peril			vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme

Option 4

The portrait would kindle a love that would plunge him into a swoon, and he would be lost to his kingdom, his father, and his duty forever after

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 portrait	det
2	portrait	portrait	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kindle	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 kindle	aux
4	kindle	kindle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 love	det
6	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kindle	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 plunge	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 plunge	aux
9	plunge	plunge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 love	acl:relcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 plunge	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 swoon	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 swoon	det
13	swoon	swoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 plunge	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 lost	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 lost	cc
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 lost	nsubj
17	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 lost	aux
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 lost	aux:pass
19	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 kindle	conj
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 kingdom	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 kingdom	nmod:poss
22	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 lost	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 father	punct
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 father	nmod:poss
25	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 kingdom	conj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 duty	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 duty	cc
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 duty	nmod:poss
29	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kindle	parataxis
30	forever	forever	ADV	_	29 duty	advmod
31	after	after	ADP	_	4 kindle	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	kindle after	would	the portrait	a love			vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition love=Patient
2	plunge	would	a love	portrait	a swoon		vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme
3	lose	would · passive		portrait		to portrait's kingdom and portrait's father	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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