Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, Puddocky, part 49: the three princes fight ov…

According to the text, what was the outcome of the second task performed by the youngest son?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: text · What happens: accord, be, perform · To what, where: outcome, second task

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1912 «Fairy Tales, Puddocky, part 49: the three princes fight over Parsley, a witch turns her into a toad, and the youngest prince wins the first two tasks with the toad's help» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 text	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 text	det
4	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 outcome	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 outcome	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 outcome	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 outcome	det
9	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 text	appos
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 task	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 task	det
12	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 task	amod
13	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 outcome	nmod
14	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 task	acl
15	by	by	ADP	_	18 son	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 son	det
17	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 son	amod
18	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 performed	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 text	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the text	the outcome	of the second task	tree rules
3	perform	participle		the second task not said here	by the youngest son	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=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 hazelnut contained a small dog, and the King was not satisfied with what his son had brought him at all

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hazelnut	det
2	hazelnut	hazelnut	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contained	nsubj
3	contained	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dog	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dog	amod
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contained	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 satisfied	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 satisfied	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 King	det
10	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 satisfied	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 satisfied	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 satisfied	advmod
13	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 contained	conj
14	with	with	SCONJ	_	19 brought	mark
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 brought	obj
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 son	nmod:poss
17	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 brought	nsubj:pass
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 brought	aux
19	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 satisfied	advcl
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 brought	obj
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 all	case
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	contain	past	the hazelnut	a small dog			vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot dog=Theme
2	not is	past	the King			satisfied property	tree rules
3	bring	past · perfect · passive		King's son	all		tree rules

Option 2

The nut gave up a small dog which the King did not accept as fulfilling the demanded task

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nut	det
2	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 gave	compound:prt
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dog	amod
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 accept	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 King	det
10	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 accept	nsubj
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 accept	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 accept	advmod
13	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 dog	acl:relcl
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 fulfilling	mark
15	fulfilling	fulfil	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 accept	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 task	det
17	demanded	demand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 task	amod
18	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fulfilling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give up	past	the nut	a small dog	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Source
2	not accept	past · do-support	the King	a small dog	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
3	fulfil	gerund	the King not said here	the demanded task	tree rules
4	demand speech: request	participle			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 3

After cracking it carefully as the toad had said, the hazelnut yielded a tiny dog, and the King, to everyone's surprise, decided to keep all the little dogs as well

The tree, 31 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	SCONJ	_	2 cracking	mark
2	cracking	crack	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 yielded	advcl
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cracking	obj
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	2 cracking	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 said	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 toad	det
7	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	aux
9	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 yielded	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hazelnut	det
12	hazelnut	hazelnut	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 yielded	nsubj
13	yielded	yield	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 dog	det
15	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 dog	amod
16	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 yielded	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 decided	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 decided	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 King	det
20	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 decided	nsubj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 surprise	punct
22	to	to	ADP	_	25 surprise	case
23	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	25 surprise	nmod:poss
24	's	's	PART	_	23 everyone	case
25	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 King	acl:relcl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 King	punct
27	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 yielded	conj
28	to	to	PART	_	29 keep	mark
29	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 decided	xcomp
30	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	33 dogs	det:predet
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 dogs	det
32	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 dogs	amod
33	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 keep	obj
34	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	29 keep	advmod
35	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	34 as	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	crack	gerund	the hazelnut not said here	it	carefully property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		the toad		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
3	yield	past	the hazelnut	a tiny dog		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
4	decide	past	the King			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	the King not said here	all little dogs		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
6	surprise		everyone			nom surprise «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The hazelnut yielded a tiny dog that the King accepted as the fulfilment of the task

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hazelnut	det
2	hazelnut	hazelnut	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 yielded	nsubj
3	yielded	yield	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dog	det
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dog	amod
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 yielded	obj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 accepted	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 King	det
9	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 accepted	nsubj
10	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 yielded	advcl
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 fulfilment	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fulfilment	det
13	fulfilment	fulfilment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 accepted	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 task	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 task	det
16	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fulfilment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	yield	past	the hazelnut	a tiny dog		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
2	accept	past	the King		as the fulfilment of the task	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as fulfilment=Attribute
3	fulfil			the task		nom fulfilment «feeling transitive»: of=patient

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