Exam question 2 · Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleto…

What condition did the Flower Queen attach to her consent to the marriage?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition, Flower Queen, Queen · What happens: do, attach, consent

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1722 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleton gathers strange companions for his ship» 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 Queen	det
5	Flower	Flower	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Queen	compound
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 attach	nsubj
7	attach	attach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 consent	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 consent	nmod:poss
10	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attach	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 marriage	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 marriage	det
13	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attach	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past	what condition		tree rules
2	attach	present	the Flower Queen	to Queen's consent; to the marriage	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to consent=Co-Patient
3	consent		Queen		nom consent «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 · ✓ the right answer

That her daughter remain with her husband only during the summer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 daughter	det
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 daughter	nmod:poss
3	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	nsubj
4	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 husband	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 husband	nmod:poss
7	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	obl
8	only	only	ADV	_	11 summer	advmod
9	during	during	ADP	_	11 summer	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 summer	det
11	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	her daughter				summer	with daughter's husband	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

That her daughter remain with her husband only during the summer months, returning to her mother's palace every winter

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 daughter	det
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 daughter	nmod:poss
3	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	nsubj
4	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 husband	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 husband	nmod:poss
7	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	obl
8	only	only	ADV	_	12 months	advmod
9	during	during	ADP	_	12 months	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 months	det
11	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 months	compound
12	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 remain	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 returning	punct
14	returning	return	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 remain	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	19 palace	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 mother	nmod:poss
17	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 palace	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 mother	case
19	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 returning	obl
20	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	21 winter	det
21	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 returning	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	her daughter				month	with daughter's husband	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	return	gerund	her daughter not said here				winter	to daughter's mother's palace result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result

Option 3

That the marriage be annulled should the Prince fail to bring a flying ship before the first snowfall of the year

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 marriage	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 marriage	det
3	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fail	nsubj
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 annulled	aux:pass
5	annulled	annul	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 marriage	acl
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 fail	aux
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fail	det
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 fail	compound
9	fail	fail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 bring	mark
11	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 fail	acl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 ship	det
13	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 ship	amod
14	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bring	obj
15	before	before	ADP	_	18 snowfall	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 snowfall	det
17	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	18 snowfall	amod
18	snowfall	snowfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bring	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 year	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 year	det
21	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 snowfall	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	annul	infinitive · passive	that marriage not said here		vn void-106 «NP V NP»
2	bring	to-infinitive	a flying ship	the first snowfall of the year	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ship=Theme before snowfall=Destination
3	fly	gerund			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

That her daughter stay with her husband each summer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 daughter	det
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 daughter	nmod:poss
3	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stay	nsubj
4	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 husband	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 husband	nmod:poss
7	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stay	obl
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 summer	det
9	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stay	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	her daughter				summer	with daughter's husband	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with husband=Location

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