Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, Jose and the White Horse, part 52: Jose pays d…

What condition did the equine companion impose upon the protagonist's assistance?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition, equine companion, protagonist · What happens: do, impose, assist

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1186 «Fairy Book, Jose and the White Horse, part 52: Jose pays debts, rises at court, and is sent to find the princess» 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	What	what	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	6 companion	det
5	equine	equine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 companion	amod
6	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 impose	nsubj
7	impose	impose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 assistance	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 protagonist	det
10	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 assistance	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 protagonist	case
12	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 impose	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past	what condition		tree rules
2	impose	present	the equine companion	upon the protagonist's assistance	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	assist		the protagonist		nom assistance «act transitive»: 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

Never to ask for any payment in return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 ask	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 ask	mark
3	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 payment	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 payment	det
6	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ask	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 return	case
8	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 payment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not ask speech: ask	to-infinitive						for any payment in return	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Never to neglect an opportunity of aiding others and of repaying every kindness he received

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 neglect	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 neglect	mark
3	neglect	neglect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 opportunity	det
5	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 neglect	obj
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 aiding	mark
7	aiding	aid	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 opportunity	acl
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 aiding	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 repaying	cc
10	of	of	SCONJ	_	11 repaying	mark
11	repaying	repay	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 aiding	conj
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 kindness	det
13	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 repaying	obj
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 received	nsubj
15	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 kindness	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not neglect	to-infinitive		a opportunity	vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme
2	aid	gerund	a opportunity not said here	others	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Beneficiary
3	repay	gerund	a opportunity not said here	every kindness	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kindness=Recipient
4	receive	past	he	every kindness not said here	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kindness=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Never to neglect an opportunity of aiding others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 neglect	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 neglect	mark
3	neglect	neglect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 opportunity	det
5	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 neglect	obj
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 aiding	mark
7	aiding	aid	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 opportunity	acl
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 aiding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not neglect	to-infinitive		a opportunity					vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme
2	aid	gerund	a opportunity not said here	others					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Beneficiary

Option 4

To never abandon the boy on the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 abandon	mark
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 abandon	advmod
3	abandon	abandon	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 abandon	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 road	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 abandon	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not abandon	to-infinitive		the boy		the road			vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme boy=Source

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