Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 39: the Prince fetche…
What condition did the King set for the succession of the crown?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: do · To what, where: King set
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1452 «Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 39: the Prince fetches muslin from a millet seed and is sent for a princess» 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 | 6 set | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 set | compound |
| 6 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 succession | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 succession | det |
| 9 | succession | succession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 crown | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 crown | det |
| 12 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 succession | nmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | what condition | the King set | for the succession of the crown | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent set=Eventuality |
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 sons must return with the fairest bride before the next winter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sons | det |
| 2 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 return | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 return | aux |
| 4 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 bride | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bride | det |
| 7 | fairest | fair | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 bride | amod |
| 8 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 return | obl |
| 9 | before | before | ADP | _ | 12 winter | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 winter | det |
| 11 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 winter | amod |
| 12 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 return | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | must | the sons | winter | with the fairest bride | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The sons must bring back the loveliest princess from the far lands within a year, on pain of exile from the court
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sons | det |
| 2 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bring | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 bring | aux |
| 4 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 bring | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 princess | det |
| 7 | loveliest | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 princess | amod |
| 8 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bring | obj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 lands | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 lands | det |
| 11 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 lands | amod |
| 12 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bring | obl |
| 13 | within | within | ADP | _ | 15 year | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 year | det |
| 15 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bring | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 pain | punct |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 pain | case |
| 18 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bring | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 exile | case |
| 20 | exile | exile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 pain | nmod |
| 21 | from | from | ADP | _ | 23 court | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 court | det |
| 23 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bring | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring back | must | the sons | the loveliest princess | the far lands | year | on pain of exile; from the court | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent princess=Theme on pain=Destination | |
| 2 | pain | exile | nom pain «state transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
The sons must bring back the loveliest princess within a year and a day, and kneel before the throne
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sons | det |
| 2 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bring | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 bring | aux |
| 4 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 bring | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 princess | det |
| 7 | loveliest | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 princess | amod |
| 8 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bring | obj |
| 9 | within | within | ADP | _ | 11 year | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 year | det |
| 11 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bring | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 day | cc |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 day | det |
| 14 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 year | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 kneel | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 kneel | cc |
| 17 | kneel | kneel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bring | conj |
| 18 | before | before | ADP | _ | 20 throne | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 throne | det |
| 20 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bring | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring back | must | the sons | the loveliest princess | before the throne; year | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument princess=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The sons must bring back the loveliest princess within a year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sons | det |
| 2 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bring | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 bring | aux |
| 4 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 bring | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 princess | det |
| 7 | loveliest | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 princess | amod |
| 8 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bring | obj |
| 9 | within | within | ADP | _ | 11 year | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 year | det |
| 11 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bring | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring back | must | the sons | the loveliest princess | year | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument princess=Destination |
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