Exam question 4 · Grimm, The White Snake, part 1: the servant gets animal ta…

Which of the following was the final condition the princess imposed before she would accept the youth as her husband?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: princess · What happens: follow, be, impose, accept · To what, where: princess, youth

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1932 «Grimm, The White Snake, part 1: the servant gets animal talk and the animals repay his kindness» 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	8 condition	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 condition	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 condition	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 condition	case
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 condition	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 condition	det
7	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 condition	amod
8	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 condition	conj
11	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 princess	acl
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	15 accept	mark
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 accept	nsubj
14	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 accept	aux
15	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 imposed	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 youth	det
17	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 accept	obj
18	as	as	ADP	_	20 husband	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 husband	nmod:poss
20	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 accept	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 condition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past			of the final condition and the princess	tree rules
3	impose	participle		the princess not said here		vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	accept	would	princess	the youth	as princess's husband	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent youth=Theme as husband=Attribute

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

the bringing of a pear from the orchard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bringing	det
2	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 pear	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pear	det
5	pear	pear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bringing	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 orchard	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 orchard	det
8	orchard	orchard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bringing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	gerund				the orchard		of a pear	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of pear=Initial_Location

Option 2

the bringing of an apple from the tree of life that grows in a hidden garden beyond the sea

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bringing	det
2	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 apple	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 apple	det
5	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bringing	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 tree	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tree	det
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bringing	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 life	case
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tree	nmod
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 grows	nsubj
12	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 life	acl:relcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 garden	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 garden	det
15	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 garden	amod
16	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 grows	obl
17	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	19 sea	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sea	det
19	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 grows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	gerund				the tree of life		of a apple	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of apple=Initial_Location
2	grow	present	life			a hidden garden		beyond the sea	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

the bringing of an apple from the tree of life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bringing	det
2	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 apple	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 apple	det
5	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bringing	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 tree	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tree	det
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bringing	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 life	case
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tree	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	gerund				the tree of life		of a apple	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of apple=Initial_Location

Option 4

the gift of an apple from the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gift	det
2	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 apple	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 apple	det
5	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gift	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 king	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 apple	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gift			a apple from the king					nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient

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