Exam question 1 · Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops…

Which item did the princess cast to the ground, and what condition did she set for her marriage to the king of Ciccu's country?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: item, condition · What happens: do, set, marry · To what, where: princess cast

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1674 «Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops her veil and ring, and Ciccu must fetch the veil» 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 item	det
2	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cast	det
5	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cast	compound
6	cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 ground	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ground	det
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 set	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 set	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 set	obj
13	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 set	nsubj
14	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 set	aux
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 set	nsubj
16	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 did	conj
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 marriage	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 marriage	nmod:poss
19	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 set	obl
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 king	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 king	det
22	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 set	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	26 country	case
24	Ciccu	Ciccu	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 country	nmod:poss
25	's	's	PART	_	24 Ciccu	case
26	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 king	nmod
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	which item	the princess cast	to the ground	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cast=Eventuality
2	set	past · do-support	condition		for condition's marriage; to the king of Ciccu's country	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent what=Patient for marriage=Beneficiary
3	marry		condition			nom marriage «state transitive»: 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

The veil she dropped, with a conditional promise of marriage to the king of Ciccu's country

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 veil	det
2	veil	veil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	nsubj
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	nsubj
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 promise	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 promise	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 promise	det
8	conditional	conditional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 promise	amod
9	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 marriage	case
11	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 promise	nmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 king	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 king	det
14	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 promise	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 country	case
16	Ciccu	Ciccu	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 country	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Ciccu	case
18	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 king	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	the veil					with a conditional promise of marriage to the king of Ciccu's country	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	promise			marriage				to the king of Ciccu's country	nom promise «communication transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The ring, with marriage promised if Ciccu returns it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ring	det
2	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 returns	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 marriage	punct
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 marriage	case
5	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ring	conj
6	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ring	acl
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 Ciccu	mark
8	Ciccu	Ciccu	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 promised	xcomp
9	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 returns	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	participle		the ring and marriage not said here					vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	return	present	the ring and marriage	marriage					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The veil, with marriage conditional upon Ciccu returning it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 veil	det
2	veil	veil	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 marriage	punct
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 marriage	case
5	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 veil	appos
6	conditional	conditional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 marriage	amod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 Ciccu	case
8	Ciccu	Ciccu	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 conditional	obl
9	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 veil	acl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 returning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	gerund	the veil not said here	marriage					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

The veil, with marriage conditional upon Ciccu returning it to the king himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 veil	det
2	veil	veil	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 marriage	punct
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 marriage	case
5	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 veil	appos
6	conditional	conditional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 marriage	amod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 Ciccu	case
8	Ciccu	Ciccu	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 conditional	obl
9	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 veil	acl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 returning	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 king	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 returning	obl
14	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 king	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	gerund	the veil not said here	marriage	the king king				vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to king=Destination

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