Exam question 3 · Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals th…

Which statement correctly states the time allowed the brothers to produce the boar?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: statement, brothers · What happens: state, allow, produce · To what, where: brothers, boar · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1657 «Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals the dove, then the king asks for a golden-bristled boar» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 states	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 states	advmod
4	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 allowed	obl:unmarked
7	allowed	allow	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 states	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 brothers	det
9	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 allowed	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 produce	mark
11	produce	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 allowed	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 boar	det
13	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 produce	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	present	which statement			correctly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	allow	past		the brothers	time		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer brother=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
3	produce not said to happen	to-infinitive	the brothers not said here	the boar			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boar=Result

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

Two weeks, after which they would be pardoned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 weeks	nummod
2	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 pardoned	punct
4	after	after	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 pardoned	obl
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 pardoned	nsubj:pass
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 pardoned	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 pardoned	aux:pass
9	pardoned	pardon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 weeks	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pardon	would · passive		they			after Two weeks		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

Three days, after which they would forfeit their heads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 days	nummod
2	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 forfeit	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 forfeit	punct
4	after	after	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 forfeit	obl
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 forfeit	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 forfeit	aux
8	forfeit	forfeit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 heads	nmod:poss
10	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 forfeit	obj

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

Option 3

Three days, after which they would forfeit their heads and lands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 days	nummod
2	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 forfeit	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 forfeit	punct
4	after	after	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 forfeit	obl
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 forfeit	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 forfeit	aux
8	forfeit	forfeit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 heads	nmod:poss
10	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 forfeit	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 lands	cc
12	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 heads	conj

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

Option 4

Three full days and nights, after which they would forfeit their heads to the executioner

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 days	nummod
2	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 days	amod
3	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 forfeit	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 nights	cc
5	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 days	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 forfeit	punct
7	after	after	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 forfeit	obl
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 forfeit	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 forfeit	aux
11	forfeit	forfeit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 heads	nmod:poss
13	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 forfeit	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 executioner	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 executioner	det
16	executioner	executioner	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 forfeit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forfeit	would	Three full days and nights	their heads	the executioner				vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent head=Theme to executioner=Recipient

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