Exam question 4 · Pentamerone, The Serpent, part 42: the skin burns, the pri…

Describe the condition upon which the King consented to bestow his son's hand upon the Princess.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, King · What happens: describe, consent, bestow · To what, where: condition, hand

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1905 «Pentamerone, The Serpent, part 42: the skin burns, the prince becomes a dove, and Grannonia goes after him with a fox» 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 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 consented	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 consented	nsubj
8	consented	consent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 condition	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 bestow	mark
10	bestow	bestow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 consented	xcomp
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 son	nmod:poss
12	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hand	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 son	case
14	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bestow	obj
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 Princess	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Princess	det
17	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bestow	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the condition		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
2	consent	past	the King		upon the condition	vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	bestow	to-infinitive	the King not said here	King's son's hand	upon the Princess	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 · ← Mova's choice

That she heal him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 heal	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 heal	nsubj
3	heal	heal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 heal	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 heal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal	infinitive	That	him = he					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That she should restore the Prince to life and health.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 restore	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 restore	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 restore	aux
4	restore	restore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 restore	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 life	case
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 restore	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 health	cc
10	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 life	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 restore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	should	That	the Prince	life and health				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Theme to life=Recipient

Option 3

That she should marry the Prince at once.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 marry	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 marry	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 marry	aux
4	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 marry	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 marry	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 marry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry	should	That	the Prince					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient

Option 4

That she should return the Prince to his former strength.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 return	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 return	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 return	aux
4	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 return	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 strength	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 strength	nmod:poss
9	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 strength	amod
10	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 return	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 return	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	should	That	the Prince		his former strength			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent prince=Theme to strength=Destination

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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