Exam question 3 · Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in the World, part 4:…

Which condition did the boy's father impose before the boy set out to grind the corn?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition, boy · What happens: impose, set out, grind · To what, where: corn

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1753 «Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in the World, part 4: Elsa is shot down and wins a prince, then a boy's lying contest begins» 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	8 impose	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 impose	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 father	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 boy	case
7	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 impose	nsubj
8	impose	impose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 set	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boy	det
11	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 set	nsubj
12	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 impose	advcl
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 set	compound:prt
14	to	to	PART	_	15 grind	mark
15	grind	grind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 set	xcomp
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 corn	det
17	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 grind	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 impose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	impose	past · do-support	which condition		vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	set out	past	the boy		vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	grind	to-infinitive	the boy not said here	the corn	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=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

He must avoid any mill where the miller is beardless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 avoid	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 avoid	aux
3	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 mill	det
5	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 avoid	obj
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 beardless	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 miller	det
8	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 beardless	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 beardless	cop
10	beardless	beardless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 avoid	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	must	He	any mill					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent mill=Location
2	is	present	the miller					beardless property	tree rules

Option 2

He must grind at the first mill he finds in the valley

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grind	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 grind	aux
3	grind	grind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 mill	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mill	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 mill	amod
7	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 finds	obl
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 finds	nsubj
9	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 grind	parataxis
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 valley	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 valley	det
12	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 finds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grind	must	He						vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	find	present	he			the first mill		in the valley	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He must visit only mills where the miller has a beard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 visit	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 visit	aux
3	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 mills	advmod
5	mills	mill	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 visit	obj
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 has	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 miller	det
8	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 has	nsubj
9	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 visit	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 beard	det
11	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	visit	must	He	mills					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mill=Co-Agent
2	have	present	the miller	a beard					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Patient

Option 4

He must avoid bearded millers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 avoid	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 avoid	aux
3	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	bearded	bearded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 millers	amod
5	millers	miller	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	must	He	bearded millers					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent miller=Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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