Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Mother Holle and The Frog Prince, par…

Which of the following best describes the frog's requests of the King's youngest daughter?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: frog · What happens: follow, describe, request · To what, where: requests, youngest daughter

This is exam question 2 of lesson 123 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Mother Holle and The Frog Prince, part 26: the lazy girl gets pitch, and the frog claims his promise» 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 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 frog	det
8	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 requests	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 frog	case
10	requests	request	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 describes	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	16 daughter	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 King	det
13	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 daughter	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 King	case
15	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 daughter	amod
16	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 requests	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the frog's requests of the King's youngest daughter	of the best	tree rules
3	request		the frog	the King's youngest daughter		nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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

He wanted her gold and her crown and her ring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 gold	nmod:poss
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 crown	cc
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 crown	nmod:poss
7	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gold	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ring	cc
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 ring	nmod:poss
10	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	her gold and her crown and her ring					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme
2	crown		her = she						nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He asked to be her companion and to sleep in her bed every night of the week

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	6 companion	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 companion	cop
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 companion	nmod:poss
6	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sleep	cc
8	to	to	PART	_	9 sleep	mark
9	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 bed	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 bed	nmod:poss
12	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sleep	obl
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 night	det
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl:unmarked
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 week	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 week	det
17	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 night	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He			night	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a not said to happen	to-infinitive		her companion			tree rules
3	sleep	to-infinitive	He not said here		her bed		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He asked to be her companion and to share her bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	6 companion	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 companion	cop
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 companion	nmod:poss
6	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 share	cc
8	to	to	PART	_	9 share	mark
9	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	conj
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 bed	nmod:poss
11	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 share	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a not said to happen	to-infinitive		her companion	tree rules
3	share	to-infinitive	He not said here	her bed	tree rules

Option 4

He asked to be her companion and to share her bed and her table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	6 companion	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 companion	cop
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 companion	nmod:poss
6	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 share	cc
8	to	to	PART	_	9 share	mark
9	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	conj
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 bed	nmod:poss
11	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 share	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 table	cc
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 table	nmod:poss
14	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a not said to happen	to-infinitive		her companion	tree rules
3	share	to-infinitive	He not said here	her bed	tree rules

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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