Exam question 3 · Yule-Tide Stories, Mother Holle, the greedy stepdaughter's…

Which of the following correctly states the condition under which the old woman permitted the girl to select a casket?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old woman · What happens: follow, state, permit, select · To what, where: condition, girl, casket

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1152 «Yule-Tide Stories, Mother Holle, the greedy stepdaughter's casket burns the cottage down» 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	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 condition	det
8	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	under	under	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 permitted	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 woman	det
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 woman	amod
13	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 permitted	nsubj
14	permitted	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 condition	acl:relcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 girl	det
16	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 permitted	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 select	mark
18	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 permitted	advcl
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 casket	det
20	casket	casket	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 select	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the condition		correctly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic
3	permit	past	the old woman	the girl	the condition		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent girl=Theme under which=Location
4	select	to-infinitive	the old woman not said here	a casket			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent casket=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 · ✓ the right answer

Upon the completion of the year's service

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 completion	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 completion	det
3	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 service	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 year	det
6	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 service	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 year	case
8	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 completion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complete			the year's service					nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient
2	service		the year						nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Provided the girl first brought back the sieve full of water from the well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 brought	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girl	det
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brought	nsubj
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 brought	advmod
5	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 brought	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sieve	det
8	sieve	sieve	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brought	obj
9	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sieve	amod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 water	case
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 full	obl
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 well	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 well	det
14	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the girl			the well		bring, first property	tree rules

Option 3

Only after the girl had combed the crone's hair and fed the hens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	6 combed	advmod
2	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 combed	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 combed	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 combed	aux
6	combed	comb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 fed	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 crone	det
8	crone	crone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hair	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 crone	case
10	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 combed	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fed	cc
12	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hens	det
14	hens	hen	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 fed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comb	past · perfect · passive		the girl					vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: subject=Initial_Location hair=Result
2	feed	past			the hens				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hen=Recipient

Option 4

Once she had finished the spinning in March

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Once	once	SCONJ	_	4 finished	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 finished	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 finished	aux
4	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spinning	det
6	spinning	spinning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 finished	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 March	case
8	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 finished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	finish	past · perfect	she	the spinning			march		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector spinning=Eventuality

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