Exam question 2 · Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the woo…

Which condition did Ali Baba set before he first entered the cave in the account given?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: do, enter, give · To what, where: Ali Baba set, cave, account

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1472 «Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the wood after the pebbles and the crumbs» 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	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	Ali	Ali	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 set	compound
5	Baba	Baba	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 set	compound
6	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 entered	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 entered	nsubj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 entered	advmod
10	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 did	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cave	det
12	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 entered	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 account	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 account	det
15	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 entered	obl
16	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 entered	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past	which condition	Ali Baba set			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent set=Eventuality
2	enter	past	condition	the cave	the account	first property	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cave=Destination
3	give	participle	condition not said here				vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

He spoke the words "Open Sesame" at the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 words	det
4	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 spoke	obj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Sesame	punct
6	Open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Sesame	amod
7	Sesame	sesame	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 words	appos
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Sesame	punct
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 door	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 door	det
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	He	the words		the door			tree rules

Option 2

Before he entered, he had to speak the magic words Open Sesame loudly at the entrance of the cave

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Before	before	SCONJ	_	3 entered	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 entered	nsubj
3	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 had	advcl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 entered	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 speak	mark
8	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 had	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 words	det
10	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 words	amod
11	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 speak	obj
12	Open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Sesame	amod
13	Sesame	Sesame	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 words	appos
14	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	8 speak	advmod
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 entrance	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 entrance	det
17	entrance	entrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 speak	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 cave	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 cave	det
20	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 entrance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	enter	past	he				vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	past	he				tree rules
3	speak speech: other	to-infinitive	he not said here	the magic words	the entrance of the cave	loudly property	tree rules

Option 3

He opened the gate with a golden key

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 opened	nsubj
2	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gate	det
4	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opened	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 key	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 key	det
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 key	amod
8	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	He	the gate				with a golden key	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent gate=Patient with key=Instrument

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He had to recite the words Open Sesame at the door and wait for the stone to move aside

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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 recite	mark
4	recite	recite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 words	det
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 recite	obj
7	Open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Sesame	amod
8	Sesame	Sesame	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 words	appos
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 door	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 door	det
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recite	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wait	cc
13	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 recite	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 stone	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 stone	det
16	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wait	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 move	mark
18	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 wait	advcl
19	aside	aside	ADV	_	18 move	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	past	He				tree rules
2	recite	to-infinitive	He not said here	the words	the door		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
3	wait	infinitive	He not said here			for the stone	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	move	to-infinitive	He not said here			aside property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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