Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 1: a craving for rampi…

Which condition was imposed upon the sister as the sole means of releasing her brothers from their enchantment?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sole, brothers · What happens: impose, mean, release, enchant · To what, where: condition, brothers, enchantment · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1567 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rapunzel, part 1: a craving for rampion, a stolen baby, and a girl locked in a tower» 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	4 imposed	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 imposed	aux:pass
4	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 sister	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sister	det
7	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 imposed	obl
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 means	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sole	det
10	sole	sole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 means	nsubj
11	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 imposed	advcl
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 releasing	mark
13	releasing	release	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 means	ccomp
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 brothers	nmod:poss
15	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 releasing	obj
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 enchantment	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 enchantment	nmod:poss
18	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 releasing	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 imposed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	impose	past · passive		which condition		upon the sister	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	mean	present	the sole				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	release	gerund		sole's brothers	brothers's enchantment		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer brother=Source
4	enchant		brothers = brother				nom enchantment «feeling 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

Prolonged silence, abstention from laughter, and a pilgrimage across seven kingdoms for a period of seven years and seven days in total

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 silence	amod
2	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 abstention	punct
4	abstention	abstention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 silence	appos
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 laughter	case
6	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 abstention	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 pilgrimage	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 pilgrimage	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pilgrimage	det
10	pilgrimage	pilgrimage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 silence	conj
11	across	across	ADP	_	13 kingdoms	case
12	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 kingdoms	nummod
13	kingdoms	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 pilgrimage	nmod
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 period	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 period	det
16	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 kingdoms	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 years	case
18	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 years	nummod
19	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 period	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 days	cc
21	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	22 days	nummod
22	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 pilgrimage	conj
23	in	in	ADP	_	24 total	case
24	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pilgrimage	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prolong	participle							vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Prolonged silence and abstention from laughter for a period of seven years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Prolonged	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 abstention	cc
4	abstention	abstention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 silence	conj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 laughter	case
6	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Prolonged	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 period	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 period	det
9	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Prolonged	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 years	case
11	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 years	nummod
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prolong	participle		silence and abstention		laughter		for a period of seven years	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent silence=Theme

Option 3

Continuous quietness and avoidance of laughter during a stretch of seven full years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Continuous	continuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 quietness	amod
2	quietness	quietness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 avoidance	cc
4	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 quietness	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 laughter	case
6	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 avoidance	nmod
7	during	during	ADP	_	9 stretch	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 stretch	det
9	stretch	stretch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 quietness	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 years	case
11	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 years	nummod
12	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 years	amod
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 stretch	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid			laughter					nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Silence and no laughter for seven long years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 laughter	cc
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 laughter	det
4	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Silence	conj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 years	case
6	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 years	nummod
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 years	amod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Silence	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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