Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches th…

Which condition must be fulfilled for the black girl to be released from her enchantment?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: fulfil, release, enchant · To what, where: condition, enchantment

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1709 «Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches the ground is stolen by a Fairy and set an impossible task» 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 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fulfilled	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fulfilled	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 fulfilled	aux:pass
5	fulfilled	fulfil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 girl	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 girl	det
8	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 girl	amod
9	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fulfilled	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	12 released	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 released	aux:pass
12	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 girl	acl
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 enchantment	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 enchantment	nmod:poss
15	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 released	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 fulfilled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fulfil	must · passive		which condition		for the black girl	tree rules
2	release	to-infinitive · passive			girl's enchantment		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»
3	enchant		girl				nom enchantment «feeling 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 · ← Mova's choice

A youth must defeat the Fairy in a contest, then carry the black girl across the river to the other side of the wood

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 youth	det
2	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 defeat	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 defeat	aux
4	defeat	defeat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Fairy	det
6	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 defeat	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 contest	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 contest	det
9	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 defeat	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 carry	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 carry	advmod
12	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 defeat	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 girl	det
14	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 girl	amod
15	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carry	obj
16	across	across	ADP	_	18 river	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 river	det
18	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carry	obl
19	to	to	ADP	_	22 side	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 side	det
21	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 side	amod
22	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carry	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 wood	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 wood	det
25	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 side	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defeat	must	a youth	the Fairy		a contest			tree rules
2	carry	infinitive	a youth not said here	the black girl		the river	then	to the other side of the wood	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent girl=Theme to side=Destination

Option 2

A young man must lift her over the stream

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lift	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 lift	aux
5	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lift	obj
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 stream	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stream	det
9	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lift	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	must	a young man	her = she		the stream			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme over stream=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A youth must carry her across the river to the other side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 youth	det
2	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carry	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 carry	aux
4	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 carry	obj
6	across	across	ADP	_	8 river	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 river	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carry	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 side	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 side	det
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 side	amod
12	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	must	a youth	her = she		the river		to the other side	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to side=Destination

Option 4

A youth must carry her across the wide river to the far bank without ever once setting her down

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 youth	det
2	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carry	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 carry	aux
4	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 carry	obj
6	across	across	ADP	_	9 river	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
8	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 river	amod
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carry	obl
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 bank	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bank	det
12	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bank	amod
13	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carry	obl
14	without	without	SCONJ	_	17 setting	mark
15	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	16 once	advmod
16	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	17 setting	advmod
17	setting	set	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 carry	advcl
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 setting	obj
19	down	down	ADP	_	17 setting	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	must	a youth	her = she		the wide river		to the far bank	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to bank=Destination
2	set down	gerund	a youth not said here	youth				once property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient she=Result

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