Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, Rosimond, part 32: Rosimond brings home the r…

Which principle did the Fairy enjoin upon Rosimond concerning the Princess?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: principle · What happens: enjoin, concern · To what, where: Princess

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1895 «Fairy Tales, Rosimond, part 32: Rosimond brings home the real Prince and returns the ring to the Fairy» 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 principle	det
2	principle	principle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 enjoin	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 enjoin	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Fairy	det
5	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 enjoin	nsubj
6	enjoin	enjoin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 Rosimond	case
8	Rosimond	Rosimond	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 enjoin	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 enjoin	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Princess	det
11	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 enjoin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enjoin	past · do-support	which principle					upon Rosimond	tree rules
2	concern	gerund	which principle not said here	the Princess					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus princess=Experiencer

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

that he must never deceive anyone and always tell the truth to the Princess and her father

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 deceive	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 deceive	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 deceive	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 deceive	advmod
5	deceive	deceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 deceive	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tell	cc
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 tell	advmod
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 deceive	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 truth	det
11	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tell	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 Princess	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Princess	det
14	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 tell	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 father	cc
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 father	nmod:poss
17	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 Princess	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not deceive	must	he	anyone					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	he not said here	the truth	the Princess and her father			always property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Topic to princess=Recipient

Option 2

that he must always obey the King

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 obey	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 obey	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 obey	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 obey	advmod
5	obey	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 obey	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	must	he	the King				always property	vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

that he must never deceive anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 deceive	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 deceive	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 deceive	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 deceive	advmod
5	deceive	deceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 deceive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not deceive	must	he	anyone					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient

Option 4

that he must never deceive anyone, even the Princess he loved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 deceive	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 deceive	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 deceive	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 deceive	advmod
5	deceive	deceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 deceive	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Princess	punct
8	even	even	ADV	_	10 Princess	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Princess	det
10	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deceive	obl
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 loved	nsubj
12	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 Princess	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not deceive	must	he	anyone				the Princess obl	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient
2	love	past	he	the Princess not said here					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus

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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