Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf: the boy kills t…

Which condition did the king stipulate for the bestowal of his daughter's hand?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: stipulate, bestow · To what, where: hand

This is exam question 3 of lesson 261 «English Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf: the boy kills the dragon and wins the princess» 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 stipulate	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stipulate	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stipulate	nsubj
6	stipulate	stipulate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 bestowal	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bestowal	det
9	bestowal	bestowal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stipulate	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 hand	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 daughter	nmod:poss
12	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hand	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 daughter	case
14	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bestowal	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 stipulate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stipulate	past · do-support	which condition					for the bestowal of king's daughter's hand	tree rules
2	bestow			king's daughter's hand					nom bestowal «act transitive»: of=patient

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 presentation of a sworn witness and the dragon's tongue and ring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 presentation	det
2	presentation	presentation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 witness	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 witness	det
5	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 witness	amod
6	witness	witness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 presentation	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tongue	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dragon	det
9	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tongue	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 dragon	case
11	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 witness	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 ring	cc
13	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 witness	conj

#	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	present			a sworn witness and the dragon's tongue and ring					nom presentation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

the production of the dragon's tongue, ring and both wings as proof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 production	det
2	production	production	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 tongue	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dragon	det
5	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tongue	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 dragon	case
7	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 production	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ring	punct
9	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 production	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wings	cc
11	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	12 wings	det
12	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 production	conj
13	as	as	ADP	_	14 proof	case
14	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 production	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce			the dragon's tongue				as proof	nom production «act transitive»: of=patient as=obl

Option 3

the proof of a slain beast's ear and tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 proof	det
2	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 ear	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 beast	det
5	slain	slain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 beast	amod
6	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ear	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 beast	case
8	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proof	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tail	cc
10	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proof	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proof			a slain beast's ear					nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the production of the dragon's tongue and ring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 production	det
2	production	production	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 tongue	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dragon	det
5	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tongue	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 dragon	case
7	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 production	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ring	cc
9	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tongue	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce			the dragon's tongue and ring					nom production «act transitive»: of=patient

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