Exam question 1 · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: th…

Upon what condition did the Master-maid consent to the Prince's departure?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition, Prince · What happens: do, depart · To what, where: maid consent

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1444 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: the Prince forgets his promise, and three suitors are tricked» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 consent	det
6	Master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 maid	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Master	punct
8	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 consent	compound
9	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	14 departure	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Prince	det
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 departure	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Prince	case
14	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	condition	the maid consent				to the Prince's departure	tree rules
2	depart		the Prince						nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=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

That he should never return to the sea-shore until the spring came round again

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 return	obl
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 return	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 return	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 return	advmod
5	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 shore	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shore	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shore	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 sea	punct
10	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 return	obl
11	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 came	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 spring	det
13	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 came	nsubj
14	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 return	advcl
15	round	round	ADV	_	14 came	advmod
16	again	again	ADV	_	14 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not return	should	he	That				to the sea shore result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to shore=Result
2	come round	past	the spring				again	round property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That he should not taste anything offered to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 taste	nsubj:outer
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 taste	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 taste	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 taste	advmod
5	taste	taste	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 taste	obj
7	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 anything	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 offered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not taste	should	That	anything					vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme anything=Attribute
2	offer	participle			him = he				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to he=Goal

Option 3

That he should taste nothing at the feast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 taste	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 taste	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 taste	aux
4	taste	taste	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 taste	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 feast	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 feast	det
8	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taste	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	should	That	nothing		the feast			vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme at feast=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

That he should not taste anything offered to him by any stranger on the road home

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 taste	nsubj:outer
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 taste	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 taste	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 taste	advmod
5	taste	taste	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 taste	obj
7	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 anything	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 offered	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 stranger	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 stranger	det
12	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 offered	obl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 road	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 road	det
15	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taste	obl
16	home	home	ADV	_	5 taste	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not taste	should	That	anything		the road		home property	vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent anything=Theme on road=Location
2	offer	participle			him = he			by any stranger	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to he=Goal

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