Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Story of a Clever Tailor: the tai…

Which of the following accurately describes the conditions set by the Princess for the young tailor's marriage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: young tailor · What happens: follow, describe, set, marry · To what, where: conditions

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1933 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Story of a Clever Tailor: the tailor guesses the Princess's hair and tames the bear» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 conditions	det
8	conditions	condition	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 describes	obj
9	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 conditions	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 Princess	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Princess	det
12	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 set	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	18 marriage	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tailor	det
15	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 tailor	amod
16	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 marriage	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 tailor	case
18	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 set	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the conditions	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
3	set	participle		the conditions not said here	by the Princess; for the young tailor's marriage	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by princess=Destination
4	marry		the young tailor			nom marriage «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

He must guard the palace gates until the morning bell rings.

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	3 guard	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 guard	aux
3	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gates	det
5	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gates	compound
6	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 guard	obj
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 rings	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bell	det
9	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bell	compound
10	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rings	nsubj
11	rings	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 guard	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 guard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guard	must	He	the palace gates					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary
2	ring	present	the morning bell						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He must spend the night with a bear and survive until morning

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	3 spend	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 spend	aux
3	spend	spend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 night	det
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spend	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 bear	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bear	det
8	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spend	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 survive	cc
10	survive	survive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spend	conj
11	until	until	ADP	_	12 morning	case
12	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 survive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	must	He				night	with a bear	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	survive	present	He not said here				morning		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He must spend the night with a hungry bear and pay a dollar if he survives until morning.

The tree, 18 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	3 spend	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 spend	aux
3	spend	spend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 night	det
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spend	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 bear	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bear	det
8	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bear	amod
9	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spend	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 pay	cc
11	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 spend	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 dollar	det
13	dollar	dollar	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pay	obj
14	if	if	SCONJ	_	16 survives	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 survives	nsubj
16	survives	survive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 pay	advcl
17	until	until	ADP	_	18 morning	case
18	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 survives	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	spend	must	He		night	with a hungry bear	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	pay	infinitive	He not said here	a dollar			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dollar=Asset
3	survive a condition, not said to happen	present	he		morning		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He must spend the whole night with a bear in the stable and survive until morning light.

The tree, 17 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	3 spend	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 spend	aux
3	spend	spend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 night	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 night	amod
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spend	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 bear	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bear	det
9	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spend	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 stable	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 stable	det
12	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spend	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 survive	cc
14	survive	survive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spend	conj
15	until	until	ADP	_	17 light	case
16	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 light	compound
17	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 survive	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	must	He			the stable	night	with a bear	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	survive	present	He not said here				until morning light		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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