Exam question 1 · Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duc…
Which condition did the Duchess Grumbly stipulate as the sole requirement of her marriage to the King?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: condition, Grumbly · What happens: stipulate, require, marry · To what, where: marriage
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1541 «Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duchess gets her gold and is thrown from the horse» 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 | 7 stipulate | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 stipulate | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Grumbly | det |
| 5 | Duchess | Duchess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Grumbly | compound |
| 6 | Grumbly | Grumbly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 stipulate | nsubj |
| 7 | stipulate | stipulate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 requirement | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 requirement | det |
| 10 | sole | sole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 requirement | amod |
| 11 | requirement | requirement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stipulate | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 marriage | case |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 marriage | nmod:poss |
| 14 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 requirement | nmod |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 King | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 King | det |
| 17 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 marriage | nmod |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 stipulate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stipulate | past · do-support | which condition | as the sole requirement of Grumbly's marriage to the King | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | require | Grumbly's marriage to the King | nom requirement «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 3 | marry | Grumbly | to the King | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |
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
full control of the palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 control | amod |
| 2 | control | control | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 palace | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 palace | det |
| 5 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 control | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
entire control of the Princess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entire | entire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 control | amod |
| 2 | control | control | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Princess | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Princess | det |
| 5 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 control | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
entire control of the Princess and all her property
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entire | entire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 control | amod |
| 2 | control | control | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Princess | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Princess | det |
| 5 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 control | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 property | cc |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 property | det:predet |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 property | nmod:poss |
| 9 | property | property | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 control | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
sole authority over her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sole | sole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 authority | amod |
| 2 | authority | authority | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | over | over | ADP | _ | 4 her | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 authority | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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