Exam question 2 · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Manus, part 25: Manu…

Which condition did the man in the red tunic impose before providing the sword?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: do, impose, provide · To what, where: man, red tunic, sword

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1159 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Manus, part 25: Manus is cheated of his share and is offered a sword» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 tunic	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tunic	det
8	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tunic	amod
9	tunic	tunic	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 impose	obl
10	impose	impose	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 providing	mark
12	providing	provide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 impose	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sword	det
14	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 providing	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	which condition	the man		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality
2	impose	infinitive			the red tunic	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	provide	gerund		the sword		vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition sword=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

That Manus should accept him as his armourer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Manus	det
2	Manus	manus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accept	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 accept	aux
4	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 accept	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 armourer	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 armourer	nmod:poss
8	armourer	armourer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	should	that Manus	him = he				as Manus's armourer	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme as armourer=Attribute

Option 2

That Manus should accept him as his armourer and serve him for a year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Manus	det
2	Manus	manus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accept	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 accept	aux
4	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 accept	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 armourer	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 armourer	nmod:poss
8	armourer	armourer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accept	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 serve	cc
10	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 accept	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 serve	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 year	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 year	det
14	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 serve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	should	that Manus	him = he				as Manus's armourer	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme as armourer=Attribute
2	serve	infinitive	that Manus not said here	Manus			year		vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute

Option 3

That Manus should take him as his smith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Manus	det
2	Manus	manus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 take	aux
4	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 take	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 smith	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 smith	nmod:poss
8	smith	smith	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	should	that Manus	him = he				as Manus's smith	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme as smith=Attribute

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

That Manus should swear him as a servant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Manus	det
2	Manus	manus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swear	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 swear	aux
4	swear	swear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 swear	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 servant	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 servant	det
8	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	should	that Manus	him = he				as a servant	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality

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