Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, Tom Tit Tot, part 1: a lazy girl must…

What is the principal purpose of the impet's bargain with the young woman?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: principal purpose, bargain, impet · What happens: be, purpose, bargain

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 purpose	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 purpose	amod
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 bargain	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 impet	det
8	impet	impet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bargain	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 impet	case
10	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 purpose	nmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 woman	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 woman	det
13	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 woman	amod
14	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bargain	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the principal purpose of the impet's bargain with the young woman		tree rules
2	purpose		the impet's bargain with the young woman		nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
3	bargain		the impet	with the young woman	nom bargain «communication intransitive»: poss=agent with=obl

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

To trick her into marrying the impet for its gain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 trick	mark
2	trick	trick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 trick	obj
4	into	into	SCONJ	_	5 marrying	mark
5	marrying	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 trick	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 impet	det
7	impet	impet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 marrying	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 gain	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 gain	nmod:poss
10	gain	gain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 marrying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	to-infinitive		her = she					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	marry	gerund		the impet				for impet's gain	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent impet=Patient

Option 2

To spin her yarn in return for her guessing its name, so that the king would be forced to keep his promise to her

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 spin	mark
2	spin	spin	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 yarn	nmod:poss
4	yarn	yarn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spin	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 return	case
6	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spin	obl
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 guessing	mark
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 guessing	nsubj
9	guessing	guess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 return	acl
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 name	nmod:poss
11	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 guessing	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 forced	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	19 forced	advmod
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 forced	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 forced	nsubj:pass
17	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 forced	aux
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 forced	aux:pass
19	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 spin	advcl
20	to	to	PART	_	21 keep	mark
21	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 forced	xcomp
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 promise	nmod:poss
23	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 keep	obj
24	to	to	ADP	_	25 her	case
25	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	spin	to-infinitive		her yarn		return	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent yarn=Theme
2	guess	gerund	her = she	return's name			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme
3	force	would · passive		the king			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
4	keep	to-infinitive	the king not said here	king's promise	her = she		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme
5	yarn		her = she				nom yarn «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
6	name		return				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent
7	promise		king				nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

To spin her yarn in return for her guessing its name, while also collecting her first-born child as a further payment

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 spin	mark
2	spin	spin	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 yarn	nmod:poss
4	yarn	yarn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spin	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 return	case
6	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spin	obl
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 guessing	mark
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 guessing	nsubj
9	guessing	guess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 spin	advcl
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 name	nmod:poss
11	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 guessing	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 collecting	punct
13	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 collecting	mark
14	also	also	ADV	_	15 collecting	advmod
15	collecting	collect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 spin	advcl
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 child	nmod:poss
17	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	20 child	amod
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 first	punct
19	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 child	amod
20	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 collecting	obj
21	as	as	ADP	_	24 payment	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 payment	det
23	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 payment	amod
24	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 collecting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	spin	to-infinitive		her yarn	return		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent yarn=Theme
2	guess	gerund	her = she	return's name			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme
3	collect	gerund		her first born child		as a further payment	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
4	bear	participle					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
5	yarn		her = she				nom yarn «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
6	name		return				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To spin her yarn in return for her guessing its name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 spin	mark
2	spin	spin	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 yarn	nmod:poss
4	yarn	yarn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spin	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 return	case
6	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spin	obl
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 guessing	mark
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 guessing	nsubj
9	guessing	guess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 spin	advcl
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 name	nmod:poss
11	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 guessing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	spin	to-infinitive		her yarn	return	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent yarn=Theme
2	guess	gerund	her = she	return's name		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme
3	yarn		her = she			nom yarn «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
4	name		return			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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