Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 24: the water…

What sum did the master propose to accept in exchange for relinquishing his claim upon the King's daughter?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: sum, master · What happens: propose, accept, relinquish, claim · To what, where: exchange, claim

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1700 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 24: the water race, the sleeping runner, and the King's iron room» 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 sum	det
2	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 propose	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 propose	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 master	det
5	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 propose	nsubj
6	propose	propose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 accept	mark
8	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 propose	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 exchange	case
10	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 accept	obl
11	for	for	SCONJ	_	12 relinquishing	mark
12	relinquishing	relinquish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 accept	advcl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 claim	nmod:poss
14	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 relinquishing	obj
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 daughter	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 King	det
17	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 daughter	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 King	case
19	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 relinquishing	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 propose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	propose	past · do-support	what sum				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	accept	to-infinitive	what sum not said here		exchange		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	relinquish	gerund	what sum not said here	master's claim		upon the King's daughter	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent claim=Theme
4	claim		master				nom claim «communication 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

As much gold as his servant can carry on his back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	3 gold	case
2	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gold	amod
3	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carry	nsubj
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 servant	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 servant	nmod:poss
6	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gold	nmod
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 carry	aux
8	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 back	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 back	nmod:poss
11	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	can	much gold as his servant			his back			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Whatever the strong man wants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
3	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Whatever	nsubj
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Whatever	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the strong man	Whatever					tree rules

Option 3

Everything the King owns in the palace treasury and hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 owns	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 owns	nsubj
4	owns	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 treasury	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 treasury	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 treasury	compound
8	treasury	treasury	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 owns	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hall	cc
10	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 treasury	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	own	present	Everything			the palace treasury and hall			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

As much as his servant can carry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADV	_	2 much	advmod
2	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 carry	mark
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 servant	nmod:poss
5	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carry	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 carry	aux
7	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 much	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	can	his servant						vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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