Exam question 4 · Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 2: the golden ship…

What condition did the minister's son accept in order to be carried home?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: condition · What happens: do, accept, carry · To what, where: son

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1415 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 2: the golden ship turns black after the old man steals the ring» 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	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 minister	det
5	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 son	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 minister	case
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
8	accept	accept	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
9	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 carried	mark
10	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 in	fixed
11	to	to	PART	_	13 carried	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 carried	aux:pass
13	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 accept	advcl
14	home	home	ADV	_	13 carried	advmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	what condition	the minister's son		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Eventuality
2	accept	infinitive				vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	carry	to-infinitive · passive			home property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»

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 asked for a boat

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	for	for	ADP	_	5 boat	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boat	det
5	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He					for a boat	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He accepted it willingly after the King promised him gold and a ship

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 accepted	nsubj
2	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 accepted	obj
4	willingly	willingly	ADV	_	2 accepted	advmod
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 promised	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 promised	nsubj
8	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 accepted	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 promised	iobj
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 promised	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 ship	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 ship	det
13	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	past	He	it				willingly property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	promise speech: promise	past	the King	gold and a ship	him = he				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal gold=Theme

Option 3

He begged for mercy

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 begged	nsubj
2	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 mercy	case
4	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	He					for mercy	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He accepted it willingly

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 accepted	nsubj
2	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 accepted	obj
4	willingly	willingly	ADV	_	2 accepted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	past	He	it				willingly property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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