Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, part 7: the Prince learns th…

Which condition, according to the Magician, must be fulfilled before his own death could occur?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: his · What happens: accord, fulfil, occur, die · To what, where: condition, own death

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1823 «Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, part 7: the Prince learns the Magician's secret and sets out for the parrot» 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	11 fulfilled	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Magician	punct
4	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 Magician	case
5	to	to	ADP	_	4 according	fixed
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Magician	det
7	Magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 condition	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 condition	punct
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 fulfilled	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 fulfilled	aux:pass
11	fulfilled	fulfil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	before	before	ADP	_	15 death	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 death	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 death	amod
15	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 occur	obl
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 occur	aux
17	occur	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 fulfilled	ccomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 fulfilled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	fulfil	must · passive		which condition and the Magician		tree rules
3	occur	could			his own death	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before death=Location
4	die		his = he			nom death «event intransitive»: 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

The green parrot must be caught alive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 parrot	det
2	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 parrot	amod
3	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 caught	nsubj:pass
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 caught	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 caught	aux:pass
6	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 caught	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	must · passive		the green parrot				alive property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The little green parrot must be killed by the Prince before the tower falls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 parrot	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 parrot	amod
3	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 parrot	amod
4	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 killed	nsubj:pass
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 killed	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 killed	aux:pass
7	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 Prince	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Prince	det
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 killed	obl
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 falls	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tower	det
13	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 falls	nsubj
14	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 killed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	must · passive	the Prince	the little green parrot					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	fall	present	the tower						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The little green parrot must be killed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 parrot	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 parrot	amod
3	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 parrot	amod
4	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 killed	nsubj:pass
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 killed	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 killed	aux:pass
7	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	must · passive		the little green parrot					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The little bird must be let free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bird	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bird	amod
3	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	nsubj:pass
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 let	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 let	aux:pass
6	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	must · passive		the little bird				free property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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