Exam question 3 · Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, part 58…

What condition did the King impose upon the youth before he could claim the Princess as his bride?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: impose, claim · To what, where: Princess

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1561 «Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, part 58: Dapplegrim climbs the cliff and rescues the Princess, then the King sets new tasks» 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	6 impose	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 King	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 condition	appos
6	impose	impose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 youth	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 youth	det
9	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	obl
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 claim	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 claim	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 claim	aux
13	claim	claim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 impose	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Princess	det
15	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 claim	obj
16	as	as	ADP	_	18 bride	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 bride	nmod:poss
18	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 claim	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 impose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	present	what condition					upon the youth	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	claim speech: other	could	condition	the Princess				as condition's bride	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent princess=Topic

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 surrender of a silver sword and a gold ring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 surrender	det
2	surrender	surrender	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 sword	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sword	det
5	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sword	amod
6	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 surrender	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ring	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 ring	det
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ring	compound
10	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sword	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surrender			a silver sword and a gold ring					nom surrender «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the provision of a bridal horse equal to his own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 provision	det
2	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 equal	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 horse	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 horse	det
5	bridal	bridal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 horse	amod
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provision	nmod
7	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 own	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 own	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 equal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide		a bridal horse						nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

the provision of a bridal horse equal to his own, shod with iron

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 provision	det
2	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 horse	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 horse	det
5	bridal	bridal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 horse	amod
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provision	nmod
7	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 horse	amod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 own	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 own	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 equal	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 shod	punct
12	shod	shoe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 provision	acl
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 iron	case
14	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shod	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoe	participle		the provision of a bridal horse not said here				with iron	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with iron=Theme
2	provide		a bridal horse						nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

the provision of a bridal horse equal to his own and twelve barrels of rye

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 provision	det
2	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 horse	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 horse	det
5	bridal	bridal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 horse	amod
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provision	nmod
7	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 horse	amod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 own	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 own	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 equal	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 barrels	cc
12	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 barrels	nummod
13	barrels	barrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 provision	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 rye	case
15	rye	rye	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 barrels	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide		a bridal horse						nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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