Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, Tom Tit Tot, part 1: a lazy girl must…

Which condition did the king impose upon the marriage during the final month of the year?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: impose

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1943 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Tit Tot, part 1: a lazy girl must spin five skeins a day or lose her head, and a little black impet offers to 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 impose	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	nsubj
6	impose	impose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 marriage	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 marriage	det
9	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	obl
10	during	during	ADP	_	13 month	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 month	det
12	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 month	amod
13	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 year	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 year	det
16	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 month	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 impose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	past · do-support	which condition				month	upon the marriage	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: 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

She was ordered to weave five cloths every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ordered	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ordered	aux:pass
3	ordered	order	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 weave	mark
5	weave	weave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ordered	xcomp
6	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 cloths	nummod
7	cloths	cloth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 weave	obj
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 weave	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past · passive		She					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	weave not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	five cloths			day		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Product

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She was required to spin five skeins of yarn each day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 required	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 spin	mark
5	spin	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 skeins	nummod
7	skeins	skein	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spin	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 yarn	case
9	yarn	yarn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 skeins	nmod
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spin	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	past · passive		She					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	spin	to-infinitive		five skeins of yarn			day		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skein=Theme

Option 3

She was required to spin five skeins of yarn each day during the final month, in a locked room with no food

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 required	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 spin	mark
5	spin	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 skeins	nummod
7	skeins	skein	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spin	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 yarn	case
9	yarn	yarn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 skeins	nmod
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spin	obl:unmarked
12	during	during	ADP	_	15 month	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 month	det
14	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 month	amod
15	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spin	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 room	punct
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 room	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 room	det
19	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 room	amod
20	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spin	obl
21	with	with	ADP	_	23 food	case
22	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	23 food	det
23	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 room	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	require	past · passive	She			vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	spin	to-infinitive	five skeins of yarn	a locked room with no food	day; month	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skein=Theme
3	lock	participle				vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

She had to marry the king before the year's end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 marry	mark
4	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 marry	obj
7	before	before	ADP	_	11 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 year	det
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 end	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 year	case
11	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 marry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She						tree rules
2	marry	to-infinitive	She not said here	the king			before the year's end		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient

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