Exam question 2 · Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part 71: the Prince fail…

Under what condition was the captive's life to be spared, as declared by the Emperor on the occasion of the second examination?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, spare, declare, occasion · To what, where: life, condition, occasion, second examination

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1934 «Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part 71: the Prince fails to steal the golden horse and is caught» 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	Under	under	ADP	_	3 condition	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 condition	nsubj
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 life	obl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 life	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 captive	det
6	captive	captive	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 life	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 captive	case
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	11 spared	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 spared	aux:pass
11	spared	spare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 life	acl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 declared	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 declared	mark
14	declared	declare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 spared	conj
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 Emperor	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Emperor	det
17	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 declared	obl:agent
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 occasion	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 occasion	det
20	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 declared	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	24 examination	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 examination	det
23	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	24 examination	amod
24	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 occasion	nmod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 life	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	the captive's life	condition	tree rules
2	spare	to-infinitive · passive			vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»
3	declare speech: other	participle		the occasion of the second examination	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
4	occasion		the second examination		nom occasion «event transitive»: of=patient

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 he should bring back the silver bird after two days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 bring	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bring	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 bring	aux
4	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 bring	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bird	det
7	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bird	compound
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bring	obj
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 days	case
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 days	nummod
11	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring back	should	he		the silver bird		day		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument bird=Destination

Option 2

that he should obtain the golden mermaid within three days, or else be executed at dawn in the public square before the whole court

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 obtain	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 obtain	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 obtain	aux
4	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mermaid	det
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mermaid	amod
7	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 obtain	obj
8	within	within	ADP	_	10 days	case
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 days	nummod
10	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 obtain	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 executed	punct
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 executed	cc
13	else	else	ADV	_	15 executed	advmod
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 executed	aux:pass
15	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 obtain	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 dawn	case
17	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 executed	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 square	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 square	det
20	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 square	amod
21	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 dawn	nmod
22	before	before	ADP	_	25 court	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 court	det
24	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 court	amod
25	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 executed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	should	he	the golden mermaid			day		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mermaid=Theme
2	execute	infinitive · passive	he not said here				before the whole court; dawn	else property	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»

Option 3

that he should steal the golden horse within a week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 steal	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 steal	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 steal	aux
4	steal	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horse	det
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 horse	amod
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 steal	obj
8	within	within	ADP	_	10 week	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 week	det
10	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 steal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	should	he	the golden horse			week		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location horse=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

that he should obtain the golden mermaid within three days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 obtain	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 obtain	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 obtain	aux
4	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mermaid	det
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mermaid	amod
7	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 obtain	obj
8	within	within	ADP	_	10 days	case
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 days	nummod
10	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 obtain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	should	he	the golden mermaid			day		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mermaid=Theme

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