Exam question 2 · Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: the princess saves th…

With reference to the passage, what did the princess state of the princes?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: princess state

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1303 «Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: the princess saves the true winner and chooses him» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 state	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 state	compound
11	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 princes	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 princes	det
14	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 state	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the princess state of the princes				with reference to the passage	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Eventuality

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 they would desert her should one of them die

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 desert	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 desert	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 desert	aux
4	desert	desert	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 desert	obj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 die	aux
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 die	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 one	nmod
10	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 desert	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	desert	would	That	her = she					vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme she=Source
2	die	should	one of them						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2

That they would abandon her and return home to their father's kingdom if one of them perished in the race

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 abandon	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 abandon	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 abandon	aux
4	abandon	abandon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 abandon	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 return	cc
7	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 abandon	conj
8	home	home	ADV	_	7 return	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 kingdom	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 father	nmod:poss
11	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 kingdom	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 father	case
13	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 return	obl
14	if	if	SCONJ	_	18 perished	mark
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 perished	nsubj:pass
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 them	case
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 one	nmod
18	perished	perish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 return	advcl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 race	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 race	det
21	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 perished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	abandon	would	That	her = she			vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme she=Source
2	return	infinitive	That not said here			to their father's kingdom result; home property	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to kingdom=Result
3	perish a condition, not said to happen	participle · passive		one of them	the race		tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That they would abandon her if one of them perished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 abandon	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 abandon	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 abandon	aux
4	abandon	abandon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 abandon	obj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 perished	mark
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 perished	nsubj:pass
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 one	nmod
10	perished	perish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 abandon	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	would	That	her = she					vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme she=Source
2	perish a condition, not said to happen	participle · passive		one of them					tree rules

Option 4

That they would abandon her if one of them perished, and she would marry the last survivor at once

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 abandon	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 abandon	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 abandon	aux
4	abandon	abandon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 abandon	obj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 perished	mark
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 perished	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 one	nmod
10	perished	perish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 abandon	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 marry	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 marry	cc
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 marry	nsubj
14	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 marry	aux
15	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 abandon	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 survivor	det
17	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 survivor	amod
18	survivor	survivor	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 marry	obj
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 once	case
20	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	15 marry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	abandon	would	That	her = she	vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme she=Source
2	perish a condition, not said to happen	past	one of them		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	marry	would	she	the last survivor	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent survivor=Patient

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