Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales (pg640), The Magic Ring, part 5: the youth ste…
What condition did the King attach to the reward offered for the destruction of the Dragon?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: do, offer, destroy · To what, where: King attach, reward, Dragon
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1681 «Fairy Tales (pg640), The Magic Ring, part 5: the youth steals the ring and gets ready to fight the Dragon» 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 condition | det |
| 2 | condition | condition | 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 attach | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 attach | compound |
| 6 | attach | attach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 reward | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 reward | det |
| 9 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl |
| 10 | offered | offer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 reward | acl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 destruction | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 destruction | det |
| 13 | destruction | destruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 offered | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Dragon | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Dragon | det |
| 16 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 destruction | nmod |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | what condition | the King attach | to the reward | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attach=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | offer | participle | the reward not said here | for the destruction of the Dragon goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for destruction=Goal | ||||
| 3 | destroy | the Dragon | nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient |
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
The hand of his daughter together with a large part of the kingdom and all its wealth
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 hand | det |
| 2 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 part | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 daughter | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 5 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hand | nmod |
| 6 | together | together | ADV | _ | 10 part | advmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 part | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 part | det |
| 9 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 part | amod |
| 10 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 kingdom | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 kingdom | det |
| 13 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 part | nmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 wealth | cc |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 wealth | det:predet |
| 16 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 wealth | nmod:poss |
| 17 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 part | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The hand of his eldest daughter in marriage, together with a very large part of the kingdom and its rich farmlands
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hand | det |
| 2 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 daughter | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 5 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 daughter | amod |
| 6 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hand | nmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 marriage | case |
| 8 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 daughter | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 part | punct |
| 10 | together | together | ADV | _ | 15 part | advmod |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 part | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 part | det |
| 13 | very | very | ADV | _ | 14 large | advmod |
| 14 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 part | amod |
| 15 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hand | conj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 kingdom | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 kingdom | det |
| 18 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 part | nmod |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 farmlands | cc |
| 20 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 farmlands | nmod:poss |
| 21 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 farmlands | amod |
| 22 | farmlands | farmland | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hand | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The hand of his daughter and a large part of the kingdom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hand | det |
| 2 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 daughter | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 5 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hand | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 part | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 part | det |
| 8 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 part | amod |
| 9 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hand | conj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 kingdom | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 kingdom | det |
| 12 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 part | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The hand of his daughter and a share of his gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hand | det |
| 2 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 daughter | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 5 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hand | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 share | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 share | det |
| 8 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hand | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 gold | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 gold | nmod:poss |
| 11 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 share | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | his gold | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient |
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