Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasant, part 42: Martin's…

What condition did the King attach to the gift of the ring?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: do, gift · To what, where: King attach, ring

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1718 «Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasant, part 42: Martin's mother goes to the King to woo his daughter» 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 gift	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gift	det
9	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 ring	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ring	det
12	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gift	nmod
13	?	?	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 gift of the ring	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attach=Eventuality
2	gift			the ring					nom gift «possession 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

that he not wear it in public

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 wear	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wear	nsubj
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 wear	advmod
4	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wear	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 public	case
7	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not wear	infinitive	he	it		public			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

that Martin always wear it on his finger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 wear	mark
2	Martin	Martin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 wear	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 wear	advmod
4	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wear	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 finger	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 finger	nmod:poss
8	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	Martin	it		Martin's finger		always property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

that Martin never disclose its magic nature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 disclose	mark
2	Martin	Martin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 disclose	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 disclose	advmod
4	disclose	disclose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 nature	nmod:poss
6	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 nature	amod
7	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disclose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not disclose	present	Martin	its magic nature					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nature=Topic

Option 4

that Martin never disclose its magic nature to anyone, including his mother and the court

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 disclose	mark
2	Martin	Martin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 disclose	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 disclose	advmod
4	disclose	disclose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 nature	nmod:poss
6	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 nature	amod
7	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disclose	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 anyone	case
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 disclose	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 mother	punct
11	including	including	ADP	_	13 mother	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mother	nmod:poss
13	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disclose	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 court	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 court	det
16	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mother	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not disclose	present	Martin	its magic nature	anyone			including Martin's mother and the court	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nature=Topic to anyone=Recipient

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