Exam question 2 · pg641, Fet-Fruners, part 58: the princess passes the trap,…

Identify the condition the emperor imposed upon the princess in order to avoid the forfeiture of her life.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, impose, avoid, forfeit · To what, where: condition, emperor, forfeiture, life

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1807 «pg641, Fet-Fruners, part 58: the princess passes the trap, is sent off with Sunlight, and sails to find Iliane» 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	Identify	identify	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 Identify	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 emperor	det
5	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
6	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 emperor	acl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 princess	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 princess	det
9	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 imposed	obl
10	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 avoid	mark
11	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 in	fixed
12	to	to	PART	_	13 avoid	mark
13	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Identify	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 forfeiture	det
15	forfeiture	forfeiture	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 avoid	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 life	case
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 life	nmod:poss
18	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 forfeiture	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the condition		tree rules
2	impose	participle		the emperor not said here	upon the princess	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	avoid	to-infinitive	you not said here	the forfeiture of princess's life		vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent forfeiture=Location
4	forfeit			princess's life		nom forfeiture «possession 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

Return the lock to its owner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Return	return	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lock	det
3	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Return	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 owner	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 owner	nmod:poss
6	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	imperative	you not said here	the lock		lock's owner			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lock=Theme to owner=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Bring the owner of the golden lock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 owner	det
3	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bring	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 lock	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lock	det
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lock	amod
7	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 owner	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	imperative	you not said here	the owner of the golden lock					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent owner=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Bring to the emperor the owner of the golden lock and the horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 emperor	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 emperor	det
4	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bring	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 owner	det
6	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bring	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 lock	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lock	det
9	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 lock	amod
10	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 owner	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 horses	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 horses	det
13	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 owner	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	imperative	you not said here	the owner of the golden lock and the horses	the emperor				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent owner=Theme to emperor=Destination

Option 4

Find the girl with golden hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girl	det
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Find	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 hair	case
5	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hair	amod
6	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	imperative	you not said here	the girl				with golden hair	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Topic

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