Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Winning of Olwen, part 1: a queen'…

Identify the condition which the deceased queen imposed upon the king before he might lawfully take a second wife.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, condition, king · What happens: identify, decease, queen, impose, take · To what, where: condition, deceased queen, second wife

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1337 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Winning of Olwen, part 1: a queen's grave, a forgetful king, and a prophecy about Olwen» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 queen	nsubj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 queen	det
6	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 queen	amod
7	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 condition	appos
8	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 queen	acl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 king	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 imposed	obl
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	16 take	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 take	nsubj
14	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 take	aux
15	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	_	16 take	advmod
16	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Identify	advcl
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 wife	det
18	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	19 wife	amod
19	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 take	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the condition			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
2	decease	participle					vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	queen		the condition				tree rules
4	impose	participle		the deceased queen not said here		upon the king	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	take	might	king		a second wife	lawfully property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument wife=Destination

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

The king must not marry until a rose blooms on her grave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 marry	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 marry	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 marry	advmod
5	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 blooms	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 rose	det
8	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blooms	nsubj
9	blooms	bloom	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 marry	advcl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 grave	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 grave	nmod:poss
12	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blooms	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not marry	must	the king						vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	bloom	present	a rose			rose's grave			vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on grave=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The king was to keep a watchman by her grave until a briar grew there with two blossoms and then ride past it at dawn to confirm

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 keep	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 keep	mark
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 watchman	det
7	watchman	watchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 grave	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 grave	nmod:poss
10	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obl
11	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 grew	mark
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 briar	det
13	briar	briar	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 grew	nsubj
14	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 keep	advcl
15	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 grew	advmod
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 blossoms	case
17	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 blossoms	nummod
18	blossoms	blossom	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 grew	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 ride	cc
20	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	21 ride	advmod
21	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 keep	conj
22	past	past	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 ride	obl
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 dawn	case
25	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 ride	obl
26	to	to	PART	_	27 confirm	mark
27	confirm	confirm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 ride	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the king			by her grave; keep property	tree rules
2	grow	past	a briar	there		with two blossoms	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ride	infinitive	the king not said here	briar	then; dawn		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent past it=Trajectory
4	confirm	to-infinitive	the king not said here				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The king was to wait until a briar bore two blossoms upon her grave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wait	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wait	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 wait	mark
5	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	until	until	ADP	_	9 bore	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bore	det
8	briar	briar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bore	compound
9	bore	bore	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wait	obl
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 blossoms	nummod
11	blossoms	blossom	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wait	obl:unmarked
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 grave	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 grave	nmod:poss
14	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the king				until a briar bore	upon her grave; two blossoms obl:unmarked; wait property	tree rules

Option 4

The king was never to take another wife after she died in the cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 take	cop
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 take	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 take	mark
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 wife	det
8	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obj
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 died	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 died	nsubj
11	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 take	advcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 cold	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cold	det
14	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past	the king					take property	tree rules
2	die	past	wife					in the cold	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in cold=Attribute

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