Exam question 3 · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of…

What was the Prince's condition for the marriage, as stated in the text?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, state · To what, where: condition, text

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1420 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 7: the North Wind carries her to the castle, and the shirt goes wrong» 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	PRON	PronType=Int	6 condition	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 condition	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Prince	det
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 condition	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Prince	case
6	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 marriage	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 marriage	det
9	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 condition	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stated	punct
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 stated	mark
12	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 condition	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 text	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 text	det
15	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stated	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 condition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the Prince's condition				for the marriage	tree rules
2	state speech: other	participle		the Prince's condition not said here		the text			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The bride must wash the shirt with the tallow drops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bride	det
2	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wash	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 wash	aux
4	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shirt	det
6	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wash	obj
7	with	with	SCONJ	_	10 drops	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tallow	det
9	tallow	tallow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drops	nsubj
10	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wash	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	must	the bride	the shirt					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Patient
2	drop	present	the tallow						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The bride had to scrub the spotted shirt white

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bride	det
2	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 scrub	mark
5	scrub	scrub	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 had	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shirt	det
7	spotted	spot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 shirt	amod
8	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scrub	obj
9	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 scrub	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	past	the bride			tree rules
2	scrub	to-infinitive	the bride not said here	the spotted shirt	white property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme
3	spot	participle				vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

Option 3

She had to wash the stained shirt clean again

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	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wash	mark
4	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shirt	det
6	stained	stain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 shirt	amod
7	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wash	obj
8	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wash	xcomp
9	again	again	ADV	_	4 wash	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She				tree rules
2	wash	to-infinitive	She not said here	the stained shirt	again	clean property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Patient
3	stain	participle					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The bride must cook him a meal first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bride	det
2	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cook	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cook	aux
4	cook	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cook	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 meal	det
7	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cook	obj
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 cook	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	must	the bride	a meal	him = he			first property	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary meal=Product

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