Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, The Fish and the Ring: a baron tries…

Which of the following identifies the event that finally compelled the baron to accept the girl as his son's lawful wife?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, identify, compel, accept · To what, where: event, girl

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1971 «English Fairy Tales, The Fish and the Ring: a baron tries to drown the girl he has fated for his son, and a ring saves her» 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	5 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 identifies	nsubj
5	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 event	det
7	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 identifies	obj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 compelled	obj
9	finally	finally	ADV	_	10 compelled	advmod
10	compelled	compel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 event	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 baron	det
12	baron	baron	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 compelled	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 accept	mark
14	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 compelled	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 girl	det
16	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 accept	obj
17	as	as	ADP	_	22 wife	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 son	nmod:poss
19	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 wife	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 son	case
21	lawful	lawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 wife	amod
22	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 accept	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the event		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme
3	compel	past	the event	finally property	tree rules
4	accept	to-infinitive	the girl	as his son's lawful wife	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent girl=Theme as wife=Attribute

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

Her production of the ring before the assembled company at the great feast of the hall

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 production	nmod:poss
2	production	production	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 ring	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ring	det
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 production	nmod
6	before	before	ADP	_	9 company	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 company	det
8	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 company	amod
9	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ring	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 feast	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 feast	det
12	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 feast	amod
13	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 company	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 hall	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hall	det
16	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 feast	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assemble	participle							vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	produce		Her = she	the ring before the assembled company at the great feast of the hall					nom production «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 2

The robbers' second letter arriving at the castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 robbers	det
2	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 letter	nmod:poss
3	'	's	PART	_	2 robbers	case
4	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 letter	amod
5	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	arriving	arrive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 letter	acl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 castle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 castle	det
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 arriving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	gerund	the robbers's second letter not said here			the castle			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	letter		the robbers						nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Her production of the ring before the assembled company

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 production	nmod:poss
2	production	production	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 ring	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ring	det
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 production	nmod
6	before	before	ADP	_	9 company	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 company	det
8	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 company	amod
9	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ring	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assemble	participle							vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	produce		Her = she	the ring before the assembled company					nom production «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4

Her production of the ring before the assembled company, which left him no choice at all

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 production	nmod:poss
2	production	production	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 ring	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ring	det
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 production	nmod
6	before	before	ADP	_	9 company	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 company	det
8	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 company	amod
9	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ring	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 left	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 left	nsubj
12	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 left	obj
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 choice	det
15	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	assemble	participle				vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	leave	past	Her production of the ring before the assembled company	him = he	all	vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Theme choice=Attribute
3	produce		Her = she	the ring before the assembled company		nom production «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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