Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Rushen Coatie: the glass slipper fits…

In accordance with the proclamation, by what condition was the prince's bride to be determined?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: be, determine · To what, where: bride, accordance

This is exam question 1 of lesson 258 «English Fairy Tales, Rushen Coatie: the glass slipper fits the girl in the rushen coatie» 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 accordance	case
2	accordance	accordance	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 determined	obl
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 proclamation	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 proclamation	det
5	proclamation	proclamation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accordance	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bride	punct
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 what	case
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 bride	obl
9	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bride	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 bride	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 prince	det
12	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bride	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 prince	case
14	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 determined	nsubj:pass
15	to	to	PART	_	17 determined	mark
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 determined	aux:pass
17	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 determined	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	condition	the prince's bride					tree rules
2	determine	to-infinitive · passive		the prince's bride		accordance with the proclamation			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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

by the sound of the bell tower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	3 sound	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sound	det
3	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 tower	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tower	det
6	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tower	compound
7	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sound	nmod

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

by the fitting of the glass slipper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	3 fitting	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fitting	det
3	fitting	fitting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 slipper	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 slipper	det
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slipper	compound
7	slipper	slipper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fitting	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit			the glass slipper					nom fitting «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

by the sworn testimony of every maid in the household at court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	4 testimony	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 testimony	det
3	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 testimony	amod
4	testimony	testimony	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 maid	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 maid	det
7	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 testimony	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 household	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 household	det
10	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 maid	nmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 court	case
12	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 household	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	participle							vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	testify		every maid in the household at court						nom testimony «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

by a long public procession and the reading of a royal decree in the square

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	5 procession	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 procession	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 procession	amod
4	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 procession	amod
5	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 reading	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reading	det
8	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 procession	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 decree	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 decree	det
11	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 decree	amod
12	decree	decree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reading	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 square	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 square	det
15	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 decree	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read			a royal decree in the square					nom reading «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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