Exam question 3 · Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 50: Owen beats…

What condition did the countess impose upon her subjects regarding her lands?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition, subjects · What happens: impose, regard · To what, where: lands

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1325 «Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 50: Owen beats the black knight and gets trapped in a drawbridge» 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	6 impose	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 impose	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 countess	det
5	countess	countess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	nsubj
6	impose	impose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 subjects	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 subjects	nmod:poss
9	subjects	subject	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 impose	obl
10	regarding	regard	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 subjects	acl
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 lands	nmod:poss
12	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 regarding	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 impose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	past · do-support	what condition					upon countess's subjects	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	regard	gerund	countess's subjects not said here	countess's lands					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme

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 must wed the countess herself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 wed	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wed	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 wed	aux
4	wed	wed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 countess	det
6	countess	countess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wed	obj
7	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 wed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wed	must	That	the countess				herself = she obl	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent countess=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That they choose either a husband or a lord

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 choose	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 choose	nsubj
3	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	either	either	CCONJ	_	6 husband	cc:preconj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 husband	det
6	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 choose	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 lord	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lord	det
9	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 husband	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	present	That	a husband or a lord					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme

Option 3

That they choose either a husband or a lord from among the strangers at the gate

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 choose	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 choose	nsubj
3	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	either	either	CCONJ	_	6 husband	cc:preconj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 husband	det
6	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 choose	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 lord	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lord	det
9	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 husband	conj
10	from	from	ADP	_	13 strangers	case
11	among	among	ADP	_	13 strangers	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 strangers	det
13	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lord	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 gate	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 gate	det
16	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 choose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	present	That	a husband or a lord from the strangers		the gate			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent husband=Theme at gate=Asset

Option 4

That they choose either a husband or a lord and swear loyalty before the altar

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 choose	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 choose	nsubj
3	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	either	either	CCONJ	_	6 husband	cc:preconj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 husband	det
6	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 choose	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 lord	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lord	det
9	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 husband	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 swear	cc
11	swear	swear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 choose	conj
12	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 swear	obj
13	before	before	ADP	_	15 altar	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 altar	det
15	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 swear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	present	That	a husband or a lord					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme
2	swear	infinitive	That not said here	loyalty			before the altar		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent loyalty=Eventuality

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