Exam question 2 · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetrot: a magic yarn wins…

Upon what condition did the spinner require the maiden's silence regarding the yarn?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition, maiden · What happens: do, require, regard, silence · To what, where: spinner, silence

This is exam question 2 of lesson 262 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetrot: a magic yarn wins a laird's bride, and he forbids her the spinning-wheel» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 require	obl
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spinner	det
6	spinner	spinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 maiden	det
9	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 silence	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 maiden	case
11	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 require	obj
12	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 yarn	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 yarn	det
14	yarn	yarn	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 silence	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 require	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	condition	the spinner		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spinner=Eventuality
2	require	present		the maiden's silence	regard the yarn	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme silence=Precondition
3	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	silence		the maiden		regard the yarn	nom silence «state transitive»: poss=agent regard=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

That she tell the laird everything about the cave and the wheel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 tell	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tell	nsubj
3	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 everything	det
5	laird	laird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 everything	compound
6	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 tell	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 cave	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cave	det
9	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wheel	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wheel	det
12	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cave	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	infinitive	That	everything				about the cave and the wheel	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent everything=Recipient about cave=Topic

Option 2

That she say nothing of the spinner's wicked kin and their wheel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 say	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 say	nsubj
3	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 say	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	10 kin	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 spinner	det
7	spinner	spinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kin	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 spinner	case
9	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 kin	amod
10	kin	kin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nothing	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wheel	cc
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 wheel	nmod:poss
13	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nothing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	infinitive	That	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That she disclose not the spinner's identity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 disclose	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 disclose	nsubj
3	disclose	disclose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 disclose	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spinner	det
6	spinner	spinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 identity	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 spinner	case
8	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disclose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not disclose	infinitive	That	the spinner's identity					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

That she tell no one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 tell	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tell	nsubj
3	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 one	det
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	infinitive	That	no one					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient

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