Exam question 3 · Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, part 10: Halvor trades…

Upon what grounds did the youngest Princess select Halvor as her husband?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: youngest Princess · What happens: ground, select · To what, where: Halvor

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1513 «Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, part 10: Halvor trades his horse for magic boots, reaches the castle and wins the bride» 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	SCONJ	_	3 grounds	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 grounds	nsubj
3	grounds	ground	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 select	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Princess	det
6	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 Princess	amod
7	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 select	nsubj
8	select	select	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grounds	ccomp
9	Halvor	Halvor	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 select	obj
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 husband	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 husband	nmod:poss
12	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 select	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 grounds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ground	present							tree rules
2	select	past · do-support	the youngest Princess	Halvor				as Princess's husband	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent halvor=Theme as husband=Attribute

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

Because he had saved them from the wicked Trolls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 saved	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saved	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 saved	aux
4	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saved	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 Trolls	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Trolls	det
8	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Trolls	amod
9	Trolls	troll	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 saved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past · perfect	he	them = they		the wicked Trolls			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from troll=Source

Option 2

Because he had been the only guest brave enough to face the Trolls at the castle gate

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	7 guest	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 guest	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 guest	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 guest	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 guest	det
6	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 guest	amod
7	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 guest	amod
9	enough	enough	ADV	_	8 brave	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 face	mark
11	face	face	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 brave	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Trolls	det
13	Trolls	troll	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 face	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	17 gate	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 gate	det
16	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gate	compound
17	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 face	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past · perfect	he	the only guest					tree rules
2	face	to-infinitive	he not said here	the Trolls		the castle gate			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme troll=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Because he had delivered them from the Trolls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 delivered	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 delivered	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 delivered	aux
4	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 delivered	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 Trolls	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Trolls	det
8	Trolls	troll	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 delivered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliver	past · perfect	he	them = they		the Trolls			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from troll=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Because he was the one who fought the Trolls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 one	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 one	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 one	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 one	det
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 fought	nsubj
7	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 one	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Trolls	det
9	Trolls	troll	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fought	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	the one					tree rules
2	fight	past	the one	the Trolls					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent troll=Co-Agent

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