Exam question 2 · The Violet Fairy Book, How the Dragon Was Tricked, part 2:…
What precise condition did the king impose upon the youth in exchange for his life?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: impose · To what, where: exchange
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1613 «The Violet Fairy Book, How the Dragon Was Tricked, part 2: a clever youth tricks a king, a shepherd and a dragon» 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 | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 impose | obl |
| 2 | precise | precise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 condition | amod |
| 3 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 impose | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 impose | nsubj |
| 7 | impose | impose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 10 youth | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 youth | det |
| 10 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 impose | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 exchange | case |
| 12 | exchange | exchange | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 impose | obl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 life | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 life | nmod:poss |
| 15 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 impose | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 impose | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | impose | past · do-support | the king | exchange | upon the youth; for king's life | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=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
That he should procure the dragon's flying horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 procure | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 procure | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 procure | aux |
| 4 | procure | procure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dragon | det |
| 6 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 horse | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 dragon | case |
| 8 | flying | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 horse | amod |
| 9 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 procure | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | procure | should | That | the dragon's flying horse | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | ||||
| 2 | fly | gerund | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
That he should procure the dragon's flying horse within two years or be executed at once
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 procure | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 procure | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 procure | aux |
| 4 | procure | procure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dragon | det |
| 6 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 horse | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 dragon | case |
| 8 | flying | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 horse | amod |
| 9 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 procure | obj |
| 10 | within | within | ADP | _ | 12 years | case |
| 11 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 years | nummod |
| 12 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 procure | obl |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 executed | cc |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 executed | aux:pass |
| 15 | executed | execute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 procure | conj |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 once | case |
| 17 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 15 executed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | procure | should | That | the dragon's flying horse | year | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | |||
| 2 | fly | gerund | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | execute | infinitive · passive | That not said here | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP» |
Option 3
That he should travel far beyond the mountains and procure the dragon's flying horse for him
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 travel | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 travel | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 travel | aux |
| 4 | travel | travel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 travel | advmod |
| 6 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 8 mountains | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 mountains | det |
| 8 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 travel | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 procure | cc |
| 10 | procure | procure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 travel | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 dragon | det |
| 12 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 horse | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 dragon | case |
| 14 | flying | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 horse | amod |
| 15 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 procure | obj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 him | case |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 procure | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | travel | should | That | the mountains | far property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beyond mountain=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | procure | infinitive | That not said here | the dragon's flying horse | for horse | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent horse=Theme for he=Beneficiary | |||
| 3 | fly | gerund | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
That he should return with the princess's crown
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 return | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 return | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 return | aux |
| 4 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 crown | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 princess | det |
| 7 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 crown | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 princess | case |
| 9 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 return | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | should | That | with the princess's crown | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | crown | the princess | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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