Exam question 3 · Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a gra…

What condition did the judges stipulate for the replacement rope of the bell?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: condition · What happens: stipulate

This is exam question 3 of lesson 349 «Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a grape-vine, the bell of justice rings, and the judges make the greedy miser share his gold» 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	What	what	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 judges	det
5	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stipulate	nsubj
6	stipulate	stipulate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 rope	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rope	det
9	replacement	replacement	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rope	compound
10	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stipulate	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 bell	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bell	det
13	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rope	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 stipulate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stipulate	past · do-support	what condition					for the replacement rope of the bell	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

It must be thick, strong, and long enough to reach the ground where even the smallest child could pull it

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thick	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 thick	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 thick	cop
4	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 strong	punct
6	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thick	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 long	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 long	cc
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thick	conj
10	enough	enough	ADV	_	9 long	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 reach	mark
12	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 long	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ground	det
14	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reach	obj
15	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	21 pull	advmod
16	even	even	ADV	_	19 child	advmod
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 child	det
18	smallest	small	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 child	amod
19	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 pull	nsubj
20	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 pull	aux
21	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 ground	acl:relcl
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 pull	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	must	It		thick property	tree rules
2	be					tree rules
3	be				enough property	tree rules
4	reach	to-infinitive		the ground		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ground=Theme
5	pull	could	the smallest child	ground		vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

It must reach all the way down to the ground so the smallest child could ring it from the square

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reach	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 reach	aux
3	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 way	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reach	obj
7	down	down	ADV	_	3 reach	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 ground	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ground	det
10	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 down	obl
11	so	so	SCONJ	_	16 ring	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 child	det
13	smallest	small	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 child	amod
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ring	nsubj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 ring	aux
16	ring	ring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 reach	advcl
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 ring	obj
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 square	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 square	det
20	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	must	It	all way				down property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent way=Theme
2	ring	could	the smallest child	way		the square			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 3

It must be thick and fit the old bell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thick	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 thick	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 thick	cop
4	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 fit	cc
6	fit	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thick	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bell	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bell	amod
9	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	It					thick property	tree rules
2	fit	present		the old bell					vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It must reach the ground for the smallest child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reach	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 reach	aux
3	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ground	det
5	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reach	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 child	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 child	det
8	smallest	small	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 child	amod
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reach	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	must	It	the ground				for the smallest child	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ground=Theme for child=Beneficiary

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