Exam question 2 · Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Snake, part 1: a snake…

Which of the following describes the means by which the peasant fulfilled the King's first condition?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: peasant, King · What happens: follow, describe, mean, fulfil, condition · To what, where: first condition · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1904 «Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Snake, part 1: a snake asks to marry the Princess» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 means	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 means	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 means	nsubj
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 fulfilled	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 peasant	det
11	peasant	peasant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fulfilled	nsubj
12	fulfilled	fulfil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 means	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 King	det
14	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 condition	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 King	case
16	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 condition	amod
17	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fulfilled	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	fulfil	past	the peasant	the King's first condition	tree rules
5	condition		the King		nom condition «state transitive»: 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 gathered green herbs in the wood and rubbed the palace threshold with them.

The tree, 14 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 gathered	nsubj
2	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 herbs	amod
4	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gathered	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 wood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wood	det
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gathered	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rubbed	cc
9	rubbed	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gathered	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 threshold	det
11	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 threshold	compound
12	threshold	threshold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rubbed	obj
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 them	case
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 rubbed	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gathered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	past	He	green herbs		the wood			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herb=Theme
2	rub	past	He not said here	the palace threshold				with herbs = herb	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent threshold=Destination with they=Theme

Option 2

He picked wild flowers in the field and scattered them on the palace steps.

The tree, 14 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 picked	nsubj
2	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 flowers	amod
4	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 picked	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 field	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 field	det
7	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 picked	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 scattered	cc
9	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 picked	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 scattered	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 steps	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 steps	det
13	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 steps	compound
14	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 scattered	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 picked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	past	He	wild flowers		the field			vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient
2	scatter	past	He not said here	flowers = flower				on the palace steps	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme on step=Destination

Option 3

He went deep into the wood, gathered many green herbs and sweet grasses, then carried them to the palace and rubbed the threshold with them slowly.

The tree, 26 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 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	deep	deep	ADV	_	2 went	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 wood	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wood	det
6	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 gathered	punct
8	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 herbs	amod
10	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 herbs	amod
11	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 gathered	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 grasses	cc
13	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 grasses	amod
14	grasses	grass	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 herbs	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 carried	punct
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 carried	advmod
17	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	parataxis
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 carried	obj
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 palace	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 palace	det
21	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 carried	obl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 rubbed	cc
23	rubbed	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 carried	conj
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 threshold	det
25	threshold	threshold	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 rubbed	obj
26	with	with	ADP	_	27 them	case
27	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 rubbed	obl
28	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	23 rubbed	advmod
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	He		the wood		deep property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into wood=Initial_Location
2	gather	past	He not said here	many green herbs and sweet grasses				vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herb=Theme
3	carry	past		herbs = herb	the palace	then		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to palace=Destination
4	rub	past		the threshold			with herbs = herb; slowly property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent threshold=Destination with they=Theme

Option 4

He travelled to the city, bought herbs from the market, and then rubbed the threshold of every palace door in the realm with them.

The tree, 24 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 travelled	nsubj
2	travelled	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 city	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 city	det
5	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 travelled	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bought	punct
7	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 travelled	conj
8	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bought	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 market	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 market	det
11	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bought	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 rubbed	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 rubbed	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 rubbed	advmod
15	rubbed	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 travelled	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 threshold	det
17	threshold	threshold	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rubbed	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 door	case
19	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	21 door	det
20	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 door	compound
21	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 threshold	nmod
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 realm	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 realm	det
24	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rubbed	obl
25	with	with	ADP	_	26 them	case
26	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 realm	nmod
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 travelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	travel	past	He		the city		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to city=Destination
2	buy	past	He not said here	herbs	the market		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent herb=Theme from market=Source
3	rub	past	He not said here	the threshold of every palace door	the realm with herbs	then	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent threshold=Theme in realm=Destination

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