Exam question 2 · Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, par…

Which of the following most accurately identifies the condition the White Bear imposes upon the daughter during her visit to her parents?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: White Bear, Bear · What happens: follow, identify, impose, visit · To what, where: condition

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1418 «Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 5: the White Bear takes the youngest daughter home to her family, but she must keep a promise» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 identifies	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 identifies	advmod
7	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 condition	det
9	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identifies	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Bear	det
11	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Bear	amod
12	Bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 imposes	nsubj
13	imposes	impose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 condition	acl:relcl
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 daughter	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 daughter	det
16	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 imposes	obl
17	during	during	ADP	_	19 visit	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 visit	nmod:poss
19	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 imposes	obl
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 parents	case
21	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 parents	nmod:poss
22	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 visit	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the condition		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
3	impose	present	the White Bear	the condition not said here	during Bear's visit to Bear's parents	upon the daughter	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
4	visit		Bear			to Bear's parents	nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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

She must not talk with her father alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 talk	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 talk	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 talk	advmod
4	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 father	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 father	nmod:poss
7	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 talk	obl
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 talk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not talk	must	She					with her father; alone property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with father=Co-Agent

Option 2

She must not speak with her mother alone, and must return to the castle before nightfall

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 speak	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 speak	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 speak	advmod
4	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 mother	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mother	nmod:poss
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speak	obl
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 speak	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 return	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 return	cc
11	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 return	aux
12	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 speak	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 castle	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 castle	det
15	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 return	obl
16	before	before	ADP	_	17 nightfall	case
17	nightfall	nightfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not speak speech: other	must	She					with her mother; alone property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with mother=Co-Agent
2	return	must	She not said here				before nightfall	to the castle result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to castle=Result

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She must not speak with her mother alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 speak	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 speak	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 speak	advmod
4	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 mother	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mother	nmod:poss
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speak	obl
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 speak	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not speak speech: other	must	She					with her mother; alone property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with mother=Co-Agent

Option 4

She must not speak with her mother alone in private at any time during her visit

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 speak	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 speak	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 speak	advmod
4	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 mother	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mother	nmod:poss
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speak	obl
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 speak	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 private	case
10	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 speak	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 time	case
12	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 time	det
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speak	obl
14	during	during	ADP	_	16 visit	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 visit	nmod:poss
16	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not speak speech: other	must	She			private	during her visit; time	with her mother; alone property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with mother=Co-Agent
2	visit		her = she						nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent

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