Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton…

Upon what condition did the King finally consent to the marriage of the Princess?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: do, marry · To what, where: King, Princess

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1723 «Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton beats the King's impossible tasks and wins the Princess» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	finally	finally	ADV	_	8 consent	advmod
8	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 marriage	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 marriage	det
11	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Princess	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Princess	det
14	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 marriage	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	condition	the King				to the marriage of the Princess; consent obl	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality
2	marry			the Princess					nom marriage «state 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 · ✓ the right answer

Upon the raising of an army

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 raising	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 raising	det
3	raising	raising	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 army	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 army	det
6	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raising	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise			a army					nom raising «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Upon the building of a bridge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 building	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 building	det
3	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 bridge	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bridge	det
6	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 building	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Upon the return of the runner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 return	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 return	det
3	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 runner	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 runner	det
6	runner	runner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 return	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return		the runner						nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

Upon the raising of an army of soldiers from the bundle of wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 raising	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 raising	det
3	raising	raising	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 army	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 army	det
6	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raising	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 soldiers	case
8	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 army	nmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 bundle	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bundle	det
11	bundle	bundle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raising	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 wood	case
13	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bundle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise			a army of soldiers		the bundle of wood			nom raising «event transitive»: of=patient from=place

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