Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Magic Swan, part 1: Peter's swan catches…

Upon what condition did the Seagull consent to the marriage?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: condition · What happens: do · To what, where: Seagull consent

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1902 «Fairy Tales, The Magic Swan, part 1: Peter's swan catches a crowd and the Princess laughs at last» 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	4 did	obj
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 consent	det
6	Seagull	seagull	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consent	compound
7	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 marriage	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 marriage	det
10	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	condition	the Seagull consent				to the marriage	tree rules

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 the purse and mantle be sealed in a wooden chest and buried.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 purse	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 purse	det
3	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sealed	nsubj:pass
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 mantle	cc
5	mantle	mantle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purse	conj
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 sealed	aux:pass
7	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 chest	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 chest	det
10	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 chest	amod
11	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sealed	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 buried	cc
13	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 sealed	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 sealed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal	infinitive · passive		that purse and mantle		a wooden chest			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	bury	participle							vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

That the purse and mantle be sealed in a copper vessel and cast into the sea, and never opened again.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 purse	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 purse	det
3	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sealed	nsubj:pass
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 mantle	cc
5	mantle	mantle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purse	conj
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 sealed	aux:pass
7	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 vessel	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 vessel	det
10	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 vessel	compound
11	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sealed	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cast	cc
13	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 sealed	conj
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 sea	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sea	det
16	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cast	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 opened	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 opened	cc
19	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	20 opened	advmod
20	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sealed	parataxis
21	again	again	ADV	_	20 opened	advmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 sealed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	seal	infinitive · passive	that purse and mantle	a copper vessel		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	cast	participle		the sea		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into sea=Product
3	not open	past			again	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

That the purse and cloak be wrapped in silk and kept in the church.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 purse	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 purse	det
3	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wrapped	nsubj:pass
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 cloak	cc
5	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purse	conj
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 wrapped	aux:pass
7	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 silk	case
9	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wrapped	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 kept	cc
11	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 wrapped	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 church	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 church	det
14	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kept	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 wrapped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	infinitive · passive		that purse and cloak		silk			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in silk=Destination
2	keep	participle				the church			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in church=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That the purse and mantle be sealed in a copper vessel and cast into the sea

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 purse	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 purse	det
3	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sealed	nsubj:pass
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 mantle	cc
5	mantle	mantle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purse	conj
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 sealed	aux:pass
7	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 vessel	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 vessel	det
10	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 vessel	compound
11	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sealed	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cast	cc
13	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 sealed	conj
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 sea	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sea	det
16	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal	infinitive · passive		that purse and mantle		a copper vessel			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	cast	participle				the sea			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into sea=Product

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