Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Owen and Luned, Owen's lion helps him…

What condition did the earl impose upon Owen before the giant's defeat?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition, giant · What happens: impose, defeat

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1327 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Owen and Luned, Owen's lion helps him win Luned back from the giant and the captors» 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 earl	det
5	earl	earl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	nsubj
6	impose	impose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 Owen	case
8	Owen	Owen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 impose	obl
9	before	before	ADP	_	13 defeat	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 giant	det
11	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 defeat	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 giant	case
13	defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 impose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	past · do-support	what condition				before the giant's defeat	upon Owen	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	defeat		the giant						nom defeat «event 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

Owen must make the giant kneel and beg the earl for mercy in front of everyone

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Owen	Owen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 make	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 make	aux
3	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kneel	det
5	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kneel	amod
6	kneel	kneel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 beg	cc
8	beg	beg	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 make	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 earl	det
10	earl	earl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beg	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 mercy	case
12	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beg	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 front	case
14	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beg	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 everyone	case
16	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	14 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	must	Owen	the giant kneel					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kneel=Product
2	beg speech: request	infinitive	Owen not said here	the earl		front of everyone		for mercy	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent earl=Recipient for mercy=Topic

Option 2

Owen must give the earl his best sword and horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Owen	Owen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 give	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 give	aux
3	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 earl	det
5	earl	earl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sword	nmod:poss
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 sword	amod
8	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 horse	cc
10	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sword	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	must	Owen	the earl					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent earl=Recipient sword=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Owen must make the earl's enemy kneel to the lady

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Owen	Owen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 make	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 make	aux
3	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 earl	det
5	earl	earl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kneel	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 earl	case
7	enemy	enemy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 kneel	amod
8	kneel	kneel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 lady	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lady	det
11	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	must	Owen	the earl's enemy kneel				to the lady	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kneel=Product
2	kneel		the earl						nom kneel «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Owen must force the giant to kneel and swear to return all his stolen lands to the lady

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Owen	Owen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 force	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 force	aux
3	force	force	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 giant	det
5	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 force	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 kneel	mark
7	kneel	kneel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 force	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 swear	cc
9	swear	swear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 kneel	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 return	mark
11	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 swear	xcomp
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 lands	det:predet
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 lands	nmod:poss
14	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 lands	amod
15	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 return	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 lady	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 lady	det
18	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	force	must	Owen	the giant		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent giant=Recipient clause=Topic
2	kneel	to-infinitive	the giant not said here			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	swear	infinitive	the giant not said here			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	return	to-infinitive	the giant not said here	Owen's stolen lands	the lady	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent land=Theme to lady=Destination
5	steal	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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