Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters: the youngest daugh…

What was the condition, pronounced by the king's son, under which the enchantment cast by the witch might be dissolved?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, pronounce, cast, dissolve · To what, where: condition, enchantment

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1615 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters: the youngest daughter feeds the beasts and breaks the witch's spell» 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	4 condition	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 condition	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 condition	det
4	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 pronounced	punct
6	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 condition	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	11 son	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 son	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 king	case
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pronounced	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 dissolved	punct
13	under	under	ADP	_	14 which	case
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 dissolved	obl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 enchantment	det
16	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 dissolved	nsubj
17	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 enchantment	acl
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 witch	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 witch	det
20	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cast	obl
21	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 dissolved	aux
22	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	23 dissolved	aux:pass
23	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 condition	parataxis
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	23 dissolved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the condition			tree rules
2	pronounce	participle	the condition not said here		by the king's son	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	cast	participle	the enchantment not said here		by the witch	vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by witch=Destination
4	dissolve	might · passive	the enchantment	the condition		vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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 arrival of a kind maiden who was gentle to every animal she met

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 arrival	det
2	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 maiden	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 maiden	det
5	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 maiden	amod
6	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrival	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 gentle	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 gentle	cop
9	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 maiden	acl:relcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 animal	case
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 animal	det
12	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gentle	obl
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 met	nsubj
14	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 animal	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	a kind maiden		to every animal; gentle property	tree rules
2	meet	past	animal	every animal not said here		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Co-Agent
3	arrive		a kind maiden			nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

the arrival of a maiden kind to beasts and birds in the wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 arrival	det
2	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 kind	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kind	det
5	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kind	amod
6	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrival	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 beasts	case
8	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 kind	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 birds	cc
10	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 beasts	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 wood	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wood	det
13	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrival	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive		a maiden kind to beasts and birds			the wood			nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent in=place

Option 3

the visit of a girl who loved beasts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 visit	det
2	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 loved	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 girl	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 visit	nmod
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 loved	nsubj
7	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 loved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past	the visit of a girl	beasts					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beast=Stimulus
2	visit			a girl					nom visit «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the arrival of a maiden kind to beasts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 arrival	det
2	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 kind	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kind	det
5	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kind	amod
6	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrival	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 beasts	case
8	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 kind	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive		a maiden kind to beasts						nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent

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