Exam question 3 · fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John bu…

Describe the manner in which the King concluded his agreement with the soldier concerning the Princess.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, King, soldier · What happens: describe, conclude, concern, agree · To what, where: manner, agreement, Princess

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1900 «fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John buys a golden coach, plays cards with the King, and loses his purse and cloak to Ludovine» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 concluded	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 concluded	nsubj
8	concluded	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 agreement	nmod:poss
10	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concluded	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 soldier	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 soldier	det
13	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concluded	obl
14	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 soldier	acl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Princess	det
16	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 concerning	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	conclude	past	the King	King's agreement	the manner	with the soldier	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector agreement=Eventuality with soldier=Subeventuality
3	concern	gerund	the soldier not said here	the Princess			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus princess=Experiencer
4	agree		King				nom agreement «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He required the purse as payment, promising the Princess's hand at Easter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 required	nsubj
2	required	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purse	det
4	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 required	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 payment	case
6	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 required	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 promising	punct
8	promising	promise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 required	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Princess	det
10	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 hand	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Princess	case
12	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 promising	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 Easter	case
14	Easter	Easter	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 promising	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	past	He	the purse				as payment	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme purse=Precondition
2	promise speech: promise	gerund	He not said here	the Princess's hand		Easter			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent hand=Theme

Option 2

He made a bargain in which the purse would be surrendered to the palace treasury, and the Princess would be married at the spring festival

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bargain	det
4	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 surrendered	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 purse	det
8	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 surrendered	nsubj:pass
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 surrendered	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 surrendered	aux:pass
11	surrendered	surrender	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bargain	acl:relcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 treasury	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 treasury	det
14	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 treasury	compound
15	treasury	treasury	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 surrendered	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 married	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 married	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Princess	det
19	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 married	nsubj:pass
20	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 married	aux
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 married	aux:pass
22	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 made	conj
23	at	at	ADP	_	26 festival	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 festival	det
25	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 festival	compound
26	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 married	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	make	past	He	a bargain			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bargain=Product
2	surrender	would · passive		the purse	the palace treasury	a bargain	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to treasury=Recipient
3	marry	would · passive		the Princess		the spring festival	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

He wanted the purse back and promised a feast at Easter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purse	det
4	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	back	back	ADV	_	2 wanted	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 promised	cc
7	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wanted	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 feast	det
9	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 promised	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 Easter	case
11	Easter	Easter	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 promised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want back	past	He	the purse					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot purse=Theme
2	promise speech: promise	past	He not said here	a feast		Easter			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent feast=Theme

Option 4

He required the soldier to hand over the purse as payment for the wedding, promising the Princess's hand in marriage at Easter

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 required	nsubj
2	required	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 soldier	det
4	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 required	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hand	mark
6	hand	hand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 required	xcomp
7	over	over	ADP	_	6 hand	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 purse	det
9	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hand	obj
10	as	as	ADP	_	11 payment	case
11	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hand	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 wedding	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wedding	det
14	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 payment	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 promising	punct
16	promising	promise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 required	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Princess	det
18	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 hand	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 Princess	case
20	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 promising	obj
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 marriage	case
22	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 promising	obl
23	at	at	ADP	_	24 Easter	case
24	Easter	Easter	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 promising	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	require	past	He	the soldier			vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent soldier=Recipient clause=Topic
2	hand over	to-infinitive	He not said here	the purse		as payment for the wedding	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purse=Theme
3	promise speech: promise	gerund	He not said here	the Princess's hand	marriage	at Easter	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent hand=Theme

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