Exam question 3 · Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged le…

Upon what condition did the spirits surrender the contract after the third nut was cracked?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition, spirits · What happens: do, surrender, crack · To what, where: contract, third nut

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1666 «Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged letters and the flight to the hut» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 surrender	obl
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spirits	det
6	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 surrender	nsubj
7	surrender	surrender	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 contract	det
9	contract	contract	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 surrender	obj
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	15 cracked	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 nut	det
12	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 nut	amod
13	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cracked	nsubj:pass
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 cracked	aux:pass
15	cracked	crack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 surrender	advcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 surrender	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	condition		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	surrender	present	the spirits	the contract	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent contract=Theme
3	crack	past · passive		the third nut	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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

Once she offered a golden coin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Once	once	SCONJ	_	3 offered	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 offered	nsubj
3	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 coin	det
5	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 coin	amod
6	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 offered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past	she	a golden coin					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent coin=Theme

Option 2

Upon her payment of a golden ring to them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 payment	case
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 payment	nmod:poss
3	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 ring	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ring	det
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ring	amod
7	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 payment	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ring	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay		her = she	a golden ring to them					nom payment «possession transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Upon its delivery at the end of a branch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 delivery	case
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 delivery	nmod:poss
3	delivery	delivery	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 end	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 end	det
6	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delivery	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 branch	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 branch	det
9	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliver		its = it				at the end of a branch		nom delivery «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Once the spirits received the sheep and lambs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Once	once	SCONJ	_	4 received	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 spirits	det
3	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 received	nsubj
4	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sheep	det
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 received	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lambs	cc
8	lambs	lamb	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sheep	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past	the spirits	the sheep and lambs					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme

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