Exam question 4 · tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig, part 27: the Prince…

Which of the following accurately records the period for which the Pig was obliged to remain in his enchanted form?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Pig · What happens: follow, record, oblige, remain, enchant, form · To what, where: period, Pig, enchanted form

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1530 «tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig, part 27: the Princess climbs a ladder of chicken bones and finds her Pig husband» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 records	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 records	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 records	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 records	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 records	advmod
6	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 period	det
8	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 records	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 obliged	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Pig	det
12	Pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 obliged	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 obliged	aux:pass
14	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 period	acl:relcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 remain	mark
16	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 obliged	xcomp
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 form	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 form	nmod:poss
19	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 form	amod
20	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 remain	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 records	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	record	present		the period		accurately property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent period=Theme
3	oblige	past · passive		the Pig		for the period	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
4	remain	to-infinitive			Pig's enchanted form		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in form=Location
5	enchant	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
6	form		Pig				nom form «communication transitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

Three years in addition to the three days originally stipulated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 years	nummod
2	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 addition	case
4	addition	addition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 years	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 days	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 days	det
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 days	nummod
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 addition	nmod
9	originally	originally	ADV	_	10 stipulated	advmod
10	stipulated	stipulate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 days	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stipulate	participle		the three days not said here				originally property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Three years beyond the three days first stipulated, during which the Pig remained enchanted in the wood far from home

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 years	nummod
2	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stipulated	obl:unmarked
3	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	6 days	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 days	det
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 days	nummod
6	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stipulated	obl
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 stipulated	advmod
8	stipulated	stipulate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 enchanted	punct
10	during	during	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 enchanted	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Pig	det
13	Pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 enchanted	nsubj:pass
14	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 enchanted	aux:pass
15	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 stipulated	conj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 wood	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 wood	det
18	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 enchanted	obl
19	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 enchanted	advmod
20	from	from	ADP	_	21 home	case
21	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 far	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stipulate	participle					day; year	first property	tree rules
2	enchant	past · passive		the Pig		the wood		far property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 3

Three years after the first spell was broken

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 years	nummod
2	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 broken	obl:unmarked
3	after	after	ADP	_	6 spell	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spell	det
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 spell	amod
6	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 broken	obl
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 broken	aux:pass
8	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past · passive					after the first spell; year		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»

Option 4

Seven years on top of the three days first fixed by the old witch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 years	nummod
2	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fixed	obl:unmarked
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 top	case
4	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fixed	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 days	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 days	det
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 days	nummod
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fixed	obl
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 fixed	advmod
10	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 witch	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 witch	det
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 witch	amod
14	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	participle				top	day; year	by the old witch; first property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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