Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part…

Which of the following describes the condition the empress attached to the keys entrusted to the prince during her absence?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: empress · What happens: follow, describe, attach, entrust, absent · To what, where: condition, empress, keys, prince

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1759 «Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part 10: the prince finds a voice begging for water in the twelfth cellar» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 condition	det
7	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 empress	det
9	empress	empress	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 condition	obj
10	attached	attach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 empress	acl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 keys	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 keys	det
13	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 attached	obl
14	entrusted	entrust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 keys	acl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 prince	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 prince	det
17	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 entrusted	obl
18	during	during	ADP	_	20 absence	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 absence	nmod:poss
20	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 entrusted	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the condition				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
3	attach	participle		the empress not said here			to the keys	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to key=Co-Patient
4	entrust	participle		the keys not said here	the prince	during empress's absence		vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to prince=Recipient
5	absent		empress					nom absence «state 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

He was required to return the keys to her upon her arrival at the palace gate

The tree, 16 words

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 required	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 return	mark
5	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 keys	det
7	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 return	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 return	obl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 arrival	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 arrival	nmod:poss
12	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 return	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 gate	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 gate	det
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 gate	compound
16	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	require	past · passive		He				vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	return	to-infinitive		the keys	her = she	the palace gate	upon her arrival	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent key=Theme to she=Destination
3	arrive		her = she					nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He was forbidden to unlock the twelfth cellar under any circumstances

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 forbidden	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 forbidden	aux:pass
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 unlock	mark
5	unlock	unlock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forbidden	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cellar	det
7	twelfth	twelfth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cellar	amod
8	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unlock	obj
9	under	under	ADP	_	11 circumstances	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 circumstances	det
11	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 unlock	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	past · passive		He					tree rules
2	unlock	to-infinitive		the twelfth cellar		any circumstances			vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cellar=Patient

Option 3

He could not unlock the keys

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	4 unlock	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 unlock	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 unlock	advmod
4	unlock	unlock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 keys	det
6	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 unlock	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not unlock	could	He	the keys					vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Patient

Option 4

He was forbidden to open a cellar

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 forbidden	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 forbidden	aux:pass
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 open	mark
5	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forbidden	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cellar	det
7	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 open	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	past · passive		He					tree rules
2	open	to-infinitive		a cellar					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cellar=Theme

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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