Exam question 4 · Norse Hero Tales, Sigurd the Dragonslayer, part 81: Sigurd…
What condition did Brynhild's father set before she would consent to marriage?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: do, consent · To what, where: father set
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1584 «Norse Hero Tales, Sigurd the Dragonslayer, part 81: Sigurd kills Fafnir, learns the birds' speech, and wakes Brynhild» 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 | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Brynhild | Brynhild | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 set | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Brynhild | case |
| 6 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 set | compound |
| 7 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 8 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 11 consent | mark |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 consent | nsubj |
| 10 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 consent | aux |
| 11 | consent | consent | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 did | advcl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 marriage | case |
| 13 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 consent | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | what condition | Brynhild's father set | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent set=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | consent | would | condition | to marriage | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to marriage=Theme |
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
That the suitor ride through the flames
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 suitor | det |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 suitor | det |
| 3 | suitor | suitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ride | nsubj |
| 4 | ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 flames | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 flames | det |
| 7 | flames | flame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ride | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | present | that suitor | the flames | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through flame=Trajectory |
Option 2
That he defeat the wild Huns in battle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 defeat | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 defeat | nsubj |
| 3 | defeat | defeat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Huns | det |
| 5 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Huns | amod |
| 6 | Huns | Hun | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 defeat | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 battle | case |
| 8 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 defeat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | defeat | infinitive | That | the wild Huns | battle | tree rules |
Option 3
That the suitor first slay a great dragon and ride through the flames
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 suitor | det |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 suitor | det |
| 3 | suitor | suitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 slay | nsubj |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 slay | advmod |
| 5 | slay | slay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dragon | det |
| 7 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dragon | amod |
| 8 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 slay | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 ride | cc |
| 10 | ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 slay | conj |
| 11 | through | through | ADP | _ | 13 flames | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 flames | det |
| 13 | flames | flame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 ride | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slay | infinitive | that suitor | a great dragon | first property | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Patient | |||
| 2 | ride | present | that suitor not said here | the flames | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through flame=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
That the suitor bring the whole hoard of Fafnir as a dowry and ride the wall of fire
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 suitor | det |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 suitor | det |
| 3 | suitor | suitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bring | nsubj |
| 4 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hoard | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hoard | amod |
| 7 | hoard | hoard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bring | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Fafnir | case |
| 9 | Fafnir | Fafnir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 hoard | nmod |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 dowry | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 dowry | det |
| 12 | dowry | dowry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bring | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 ride | cc |
| 14 | ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bring | conj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 wall | det |
| 16 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 ride | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 fire | case |
| 18 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 wall | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | infinitive | that suitor | the whole hoard of Fafnir | as a dowry | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hoard=Theme | |||
| 2 | ride | present | that suitor not said here | the wall of fire | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Theme | ||||
| 3 | hoard | Fafnir | nom hoard «possession transitive»: of=patient |
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