Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Briar Rose: the princess sleeps with…

Which of the following was the condition the old woman imposed upon the lost King?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, impose, lose · To what, where: old woman

This is exam question 3 of lesson 120 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Briar Rose: the princess sleeps with the whole palace until a prince's kiss wakes her» 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	7 condition	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 condition	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 condition	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 condition	case
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 condition	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 condition	det
7	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 woman	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 woman	amod
10	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 condition	appos
11	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 woman	acl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 King	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 King	det
14	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 King	amod
15	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 imposed	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 condition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past		of the condition	tree rules
3	impose	participle	the old woman not said here	upon the lost King	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	lose	participle			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=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

That he would make her daughter his queen and give her his land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 make	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 make	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 make	aux
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 daughter	nmod:poss
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 queen	nmod:poss
8	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 give	cc
10	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 make	conj
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 give	iobj
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 land	nmod:poss
13	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	would	That	his queen	her daughter				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset daughter=Beneficiary queen=Product
2	give	infinitive	That not said here	his land	her = she				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient land=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That he would make her daughter his queen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 make	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 make	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 make	aux
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 daughter	nmod:poss
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 queen	nmod:poss
8	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	would	That	his queen	her daughter				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset daughter=Beneficiary queen=Product

Option 3

That he would bring her a golden cup

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 bring	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bring	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 bring	aux
4	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bring	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cup	det
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cup	amod
8	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	would	That	a golden cup	her = she				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination cup=Theme

Option 4

That he would give her a crown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 give	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 give	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 give	aux
4	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 give	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 crown	det
7	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	would	That	a crown	her = she				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient crown=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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