Exam question 2 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Iron Stove, part 1: the princ…

Which of the following accurately identifies the penalty imposed upon the king's daughter?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, identify, impose · To what, where: penalty

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1685 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Iron Stove, part 1: the princess promises help and loses her way home» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 identifies	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 penalty	det
8	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 penalty	acl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 daughter	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 king	det
12	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 daughter	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 king	case
14	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 imposed	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the penalty	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent penalty=Theme
3	impose	participle	the penalty not said here	upon the king's daughter	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=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

She was required to marry the swineherd's son

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 required	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 marry	mark
5	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 swineherd	det
7	swineherd	swineherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 son	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 swineherd	case
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	past · passive		She					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	marry	to-infinitive		the swineherd's son					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient

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

She was required to return to the stove after exceeding her permission

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 required	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 return	mark
5	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 stove	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stove	det
8	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 return	obl
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 exceeding	mark
10	exceeding	exceed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 return	advcl
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 permission	nmod:poss
12	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 exceeding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	require	past · passive		She		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	return	to-infinitive			to the stove result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to stove=Result
3	exceed	gerund		her permission		vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot permission=Theme
4	permit		her = she			nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

She was required to surrender her father's kingdom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 required	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 surrender	mark
5	surrender	surrender	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 father	nmod:poss
7	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kingdom	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 father	case
9	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 surrender	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	past · passive		She					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	surrender	to-infinitive		her father's kingdom					vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme

Option 4

She was required to scrape the stove for a year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 required	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 scrape	mark
5	scrape	scrape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stove	det
7	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scrape	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 year	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 year	det
10	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scrape	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	past · passive		She					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	scrape	to-infinitive		the stove			year		vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stove=Patient

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