Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldier…

State the sum of the conditions under which the Fiend declared that the soldiers should be released from their bargain.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Fiend, soldiers · What happens: state, declare, release, sum, bargain · To what, where: sum, conditions, soldiers, bargain · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1687 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldiers trick the Dragon with the answer to his riddle» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sum	det
3	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 conditions	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 conditions	det
6	conditions	condition	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sum	nmod
7	under	under	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 declared	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Fiend	det
10	Fiend	Fiend	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 declared	nsubj
11	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 conditions	acl:relcl
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 released	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 soldiers	det
14	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 released	nsubj:pass
15	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 released	aux
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 released	aux:pass
17	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 declared	ccomp
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 bargain	case
19	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 bargain	nmod:poss
20	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 released	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the sum of the conditions		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sum=Topic
2	declare speech: other	past	the Fiend		the conditions	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	release	should · passive		the soldiers	soldiers's bargain	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source
4	sum			the conditions		nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient
5	bargain		soldiers = soldier			nom bargain «communication intransitive»: 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

If they could name what the Dragon would pay them for every answer and every dish set upon his table

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 name	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 name	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 name	aux
4	name	name	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 pay	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Dragon	det
7	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 pay	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 pay	aux
9	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 name	ccomp
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 pay	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 answer	case
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 answer	det
13	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pay	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 set	cc
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 dish	det
16	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 set	nsubj
17	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 name	conj
18	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 table	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 table	nmod:poss
20	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	name	could	they				tree rules
2	pay	would	the Dragon	them = they		for every answer	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Recipient they=Asset for answer=Theme
3	set	participle	every dish		Dragon's table		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon table=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

If they could name the payment for the Dragon's whole feast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 name	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 name	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 name	aux
4	name	name	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 payment	det
6	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 name	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	12 feast	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Dragon	det
9	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 feast	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Dragon	case
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 feast	amod
12	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 payment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	could	they	the payment				for the Dragon's whole feast	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent payment=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

If they could name what they would receive for their roast meat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 name	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 name	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 name	aux
4	name	name	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 receive	obj
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 receive	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 receive	aux
8	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 name	ccomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 meat	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 meat	nmod:poss
11	roast	roast	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 meat	compound
12	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 receive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	could	they						tree rules
2	receive	would	they					for their roast meat	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme

Option 4

If they could answer the riddle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 answer	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 answer	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 answer	aux
4	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 riddle	det
6	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	could	they	the riddle					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent riddle=Eventuality

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