Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 6: Fiordelisa climbs, is…

Upon what condition did the Queen consent to surrender the emeralds?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: do, surrender · To what, where: Queen consent, emeralds

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1869 «Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 6: Fiordelisa climbs, is carried by doves, and sells the bracelets» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 consent	det
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 consent	compound
7	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 surrender	mark
9	surrender	surrender	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 consent	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 emeralds	det
11	emeralds	emerald	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 surrender	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	condition	the Queen consent					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Eventuality
2	surrender	to-infinitive	condition not said here	the emeralds					vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent emerald=Theme

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

lodging one whole night in the Chamber of Echoes below the bed-chamber

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	lodging	lodge	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 night	nummod
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 night	amod
4	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 lodging	obl:unmarked
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 Chamber	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Chamber	det
7	Chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 lodging	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Echoes	case
9	Echoes	echo	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Chamber	nmod
10	below	below	ADP	_	14 chamber	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 chamber	det
12	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 chamber	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 bed	punct
14	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Echoes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lodge	gerund				the Chamber of Echoes below the bed chamber	night		vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chamber=Location

Option 2

sharing the royal bed for one whole week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	sharing	share	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bed	det
3	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bed	amod
4	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 sharing	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 week	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 week	nummod
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 week	amod
8	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 sharing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	gerund		the royal bed			week		tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

lodging one night in the Chamber of Echoes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	lodging	lodge	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 night	nummod
3	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 lodging	obl:unmarked
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 Chamber	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Chamber	det
6	Chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 lodging	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Echoes	case
8	Echoes	echo	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 Chamber	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lodge	gerund				the Chamber of Echoes	night		vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chamber=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

spending a night with the King's guards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	spending	spend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 night	det
3	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 spending	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	8 guards	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 guards	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 King	case
8	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 spending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	gerund					night	with the King's guards	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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