Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, Master and Pupil: a clever boy turns into a ho…

State the consequence, as described in the narrative, of the merchant's son's failure to locate the king's daughter.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, son · What happens: state, describe, locate, fail · To what, where: consequence, narrative, daughter

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1650 «Fairy Book, Master and Pupil: a clever boy turns into a horse and a pole-cat ends a wizard» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 described	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 described	mark
6	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 consequence	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 narrative	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 narrative	det
9	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 described	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 failure	punct
11	of	of	ADP	_	17 failure	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 merchant	det
13	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 son	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 merchant	case
15	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 failure	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 son	case
17	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 described	parataxis
18	to	to	PART	_	19 locate	mark
19	locate	locate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 failure	acl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 king	det
21	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 daughter	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 king	case
23	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 locate	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the consequence		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	describe	participle		the consequence not said here	the narrative	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	locate	to-infinitive		the king's daughter		tree rules
4	fail		the merchant's son			nom failure «act intransitive»: 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

He would forfeit his head, and his brothers would be forced to serve the king as slaves

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forfeit	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 forfeit	aux
3	forfeit	forfeit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 head	nmod:poss
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forfeit	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 forced	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 forced	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 brothers	nmod:poss
9	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 forced	nsubj:pass
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 forced	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 forced	aux:pass
12	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 forfeit	parataxis
13	to	to	PART	_	14 serve	mark
14	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 forced	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 serve	obj
17	as	as	ADP	_	18 slaves	case
18	slaves	slave	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 serve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	forfeit	would	He	his head		vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent head=Theme
2	force	would · passive		his brothers		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
3	serve	to-infinitive	his brothers not said here	the king	as slaves	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent king=Duration as slave=Attribute

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He would forfeit his head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forfeit	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 forfeit	aux
3	forfeit	forfeit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 head	nmod:poss
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forfeit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forfeit	would	He	his head					vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent head=Theme

Option 3

He would be sent away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 sent	aux:pass
4	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 sent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send away	would · passive		He				away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

He would lose his wealth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lose	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 lose	aux
3	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 wealth	nmod:poss
5	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	would	He	his wealth					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Eventuality

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