Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Nix Nought Nothing, part 1: a king pr…

To which party did the king pledge the child in consequence of the river crossing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: king pledge, consequence

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1947 «English Fairy Tales, Nix Nought Nothing, part 1: a king promises his son to a giant, and the boy escapes with the giant's daughter» 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	To	to	ADP	_	3 party	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 party	det
3	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pledge	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pledge	compound
7	pledge	pledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 consequence	case
11	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 crossing	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 crossing	det
14	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 crossing	compound
15	crossing	crossing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 consequence	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the king pledge		consequence of the river crossing		to which party	tree rules

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

the old man who carried him over the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	nsubj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 carried	nsubj
5	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 carried	obj
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the old man	him = he		the river			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

the giant who had carried him over the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 carried	det
2	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 carried	nsubj:pass
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 carried	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 carried	aux
5	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 carried	obj
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past · perfect · passive		giant		the water			vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary he=Value

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

the giant who carried him over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 giant	det
2	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 carried	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 carried	nsubj
4	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 carried	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	4 carried	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry over	past	the giant	him = he					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

the giant's son by the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 giant	det
2	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 son	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 giant	case
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 son	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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