Exam question 2 · Eastern tales, Hassebu, part 47: Hassebu is left to die in…

State the condition the King of the Snakes imposed before releasing the protagonist.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, impose, release, condition · To what, where: condition, Snakes, protagonist

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1796 «Eastern tales, Hassebu, part 47: Hassebu is left to die in a honey pit, escapes through a scorpion's hole, and is caught at the baths» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 condition	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Snakes	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Snakes	det
8	Snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 condition	nmod
9	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 Snakes	acl
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 releasing	mark
11	releasing	release	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 imposed	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 protagonist	det
13	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 releasing	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the condition of the Snakes	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic
2	impose	participle		the Snakes not said here	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	release	gerund		the protagonist	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer protagonist=Source
4	condition			the Snakes	nom condition «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 · ← Mova's choice

That he never return to the palace or tell anyone about the snakes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 return	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 return	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 return	advmod
4	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 palace	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 palace	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 return	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 tell	cc
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 return	conj
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 tell	obj
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 snakes	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 snakes	det
13	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not return	infinitive	That					to the palace result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	That not said here		anyone			about the snakes	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient about snake=Topic

Option 2

That he not sleep in the palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 sleep	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sleep	nsubj
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 sleep	advmod
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 palace	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 palace	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sleep	infinitive	That			the palace			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in palace=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That he not bathe among crowds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 bathe	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bathe	nsubj
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 bathe	advmod
4	bathe	bathe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	among	among	ADP	_	6 crowds	case
6	crowds	crowd	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bathe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not bathe	infinitive	That					among crowds	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

That he give half his gold to the king before leaving the hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 give	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 give	nsubj
3	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	6 gold	det:predet
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 gold	nmod:poss
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 king	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obl
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 leaving	mark
11	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 give	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hall	det
13	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 leaving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	That	his gold	the king				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent gold=Theme to king=Recipient
2	leave	gerund	That not said here	the hall					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hall=Theme

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