Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 25: the stolen ros…

Identify the condition that the Beast imposes upon the merchant in return for his forgiveness.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Beast · What happens: identify, impose · To what, where: condition

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1438 «Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 25: the stolen rose and the Beast's bargain» 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	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 imposes	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Beast	det
6	Beast	Beast	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 imposes	nsubj
7	imposes	impose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 condition	acl:relcl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 merchant	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 merchant	det
10	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 imposes	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 return	case
12	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 merchant	nmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 forgiveness	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 forgiveness	nmod:poss
15	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 return	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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	impose	present	the Beast	the condition not said here				upon the merchant in return for Beast's forgiveness	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Theme

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

That the merchant returns the rose every single month

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 merchant	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 merchant	det
3	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 returns	nsubj
4	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rose	det
6	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 returns	obj
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 month	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 month	amod
9	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 returns	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	that merchant	the rose			month		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rose=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

That one of his sons must fight the Beast in a duel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 one	det
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 fight	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 sons	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sons	nmod:poss
5	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 one	nmod
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 fight	aux
7	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Beast	det
9	Beast	Beast	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 fight	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 duel	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 duel	det
12	duel	duel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fight	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	must	that one of his sons	the Beast		a duel			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beast=Co-Agent

Option 3

That the merchant must return alone within a month to beg the Beast for mercy again

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 merchant	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 merchant	det
3	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 return	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 return	aux
5	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 return	advmod
7	within	within	ADP	_	9 month	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 month	det
9	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 return	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 beg	mark
11	beg	beg	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 return	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Beast	det
13	Beast	Beast	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 beg	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 mercy	case
15	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 beg	obl
16	again	again	ADV	_	11 beg	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	must	that merchant				month	alone property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	beg speech: request	to-infinitive	that merchant not said here		the Beast		again	for mercy	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent beast=Recipient for mercy=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

That one of the merchant's daughters shall come to the castle of her own accord

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 one	det
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 come	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 daughters	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 merchant	det
5	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 daughters	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 merchant	case
7	daughters	daughter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 one	nmod
8	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 come	aux
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 castle	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 castle	det
12	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 come	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 accord	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 accord	nmod:poss
15	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 accord	amod
16	accord	accord	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 castle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	shall	that one of the merchant's daughters			the castle of her own accord			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial_Location

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