Exam question 2 · Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, p…
What was the precise condition under which the youth consented to lend the king the six bushels of money?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: youth · What happens: be, consent, lend · To what, where: precise condition, six bushels, king
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1656 «Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, pays the king's debt, and wins the troll's heart» 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 | 5 condition | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 condition | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 condition | det |
| 4 | precise | precise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 condition | amod |
| 5 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 which | case |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 consented | obl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 youth | det |
| 9 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 consented | nsubj |
| 10 | consented | consent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 condition | acl:relcl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 lend | mark |
| 12 | lend | lend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 consented | xcomp |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 king | det |
| 14 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 lend | obj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 bushels | det |
| 16 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 bushels | nummod |
| 17 | bushels | bushel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 lend | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 money | case |
| 19 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 bushels | nmod |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 condition | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the precise condition | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | consent | participle | the youth | the precise condition | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | lend | to-infinitive | the youth not said here | the six bushels of money | the king | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient bushel=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
That he accompany the king to the troll's castle and be dressed as the court fool
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 | 3 accompany | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 accompany | nsubj |
| 3 | accompany | accompany | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 accompany | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 castle | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 troll | det |
| 8 | troll | troll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 castle | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 troll | case |
| 10 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 accompany | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 dressed | cc |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 dressed | aux:pass |
| 13 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 accompany | conj |
| 14 | as | as | ADP | _ | 17 fool | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 fool | det |
| 16 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 fool | compound |
| 17 | fool | fool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 dressed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accompany | infinitive | That | the king | the troll's castle | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent king=Theme to castle=Destination | |||
| 2 | dress | infinitive · passive | That not said here | as the court fool | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V» |
Option 2
That he be given the royal stable for his own use
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 given | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 given | aux:pass |
| 4 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stable | det |
| 6 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 stable | amod |
| 7 | stable | stable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 given | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 use | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 use | nmod:poss |
| 10 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 use | amod |
| 11 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 given | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | infinitive · passive | That | for his own use | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: subject=Recipient stable=Theme for use=Asset | ||||
| 2 | use | his = he | nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
That he accompany the king dressed as the court fool
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 accompany | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 accompany | nsubj |
| 3 | accompany | accompany | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 accompany | obj |
| 6 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 king | acl |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 fool | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 fool | det |
| 9 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fool | compound |
| 10 | fool | fool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dressed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accompany | infinitive | That | the king | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme | ||||
| 2 | dress | participle | the king not said here | as the court fool | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
That the king give him his daughter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 king | det |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | nsubj |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 give | iobj |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 7 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | infinitive | that king | king's daughter | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient daughter=Theme |
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