Exam question 4 · d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fairy's curse, a window…
Upon what condition did the king consent to receive the ambassador's proposal?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition, ambassador · What happens: do, receive, propose · To what, where: king consent, proposal
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1171 «d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fairy's curse, a windowless palace, a sick prince» 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 | Upon | upon | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 3 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 consent | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 consent | compound |
| 7 | consent | consent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 receive | mark |
| 9 | receive | receive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 did | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 ambassador | det |
| 11 | ambassador | ambassador | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 proposal | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 ambassador | case |
| 13 | proposal | proposal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 receive | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | condition | the king consent | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | receive | to-infinitive | condition not said here | the ambassador's proposal | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proposal=Theme | ||||
| 3 | propose | the ambassador | nom proposal «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
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
No one was to hear the princess before her twentieth birthday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hear | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 hear | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 hear | mark |
| 5 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 princess | det |
| 7 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hear | obj |
| 8 | before | before | ADP | _ | 11 birthday | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 birthday | nmod:poss |
| 10 | twentieth | twentieth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 birthday | amod |
| 11 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hear | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | no one | before princess's twentieth birthday | hear property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No one was to see the princess before her fifteenth birthday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 princess | det |
| 7 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obj |
| 8 | before | before | ADP | _ | 11 birthday | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 birthday | nmod:poss |
| 10 | fifteenth | fifteenth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 birthday | amod |
| 11 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | no one | the princess | before princess's fifteenth birthday | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus |
Option 3
The envoy was to meet her after her sixteenth birthday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 envoy | det |
| 2 | envoy | envoy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 meet | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 meet | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 meet | mark |
| 5 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 meet | obj |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 birthday | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 birthday | nmod:poss |
| 9 | sixteenth | sixteenth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 birthday | amod |
| 10 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 meet | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the envoy | after her sixteenth birthday | meet property | tree rules |
Option 4
The princess must be sent away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 princess | det |
| 2 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 sent | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 sent | aux:pass |
| 5 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 sent | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send away | must · passive | the princess | away property | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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