Exam question 4 · Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part 1: two reckless prin…

State the condition under which the princes were delivered from peril at sea.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, deliver · To what, where: condition, princes

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1653 «Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part 1: two reckless princes promise their unborn brother to a witch to escape a storm» 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 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 delivered	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princes	det
7	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 delivered	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 delivered	aux:pass
9	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 condition	acl:relcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 peril	case
11	peril	peril	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 delivered	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 sea	case
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 delivered	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the condition					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic
2	deliver	past · passive		the princes		the condition		from peril; at sea	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from peril=Initial_Location

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

They promised her gold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 promised	nsubj
2	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 gold	nmod:poss
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promised	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 promised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	They	her gold					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent gold=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The princes promised the witch their youngest brother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 princes	det
2	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 promised	nsubj
3	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 witch	det
5	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 promised	obj
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 brother	nmod:poss
7	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 brother	amod
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 promised	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 promised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	the princes	princes's youngest brother	the witch				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent witch=Goal brother=Theme

Option 3

The princes swore that they would give the witch a servant.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 princes	det
2	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 swore	nsubj
3	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 give	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 give	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 give	aux
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 swore	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 witch	det
9	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 servant	det
11	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 swore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past	the princes						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	give	would	princes = prince	a servant	the witch				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent witch=Recipient servant=Theme

Option 4

They gave her gold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 gold	nmod:poss
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	They	her gold					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme

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