Exam question 2 · Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goose Boy, part 1: the k…
What condition did the king attach to his offer of his daughter and heirship?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition, king · What happens: attach, offer · To what, where: daughter
This is exam question 2 of lesson 356 «Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goose Boy, part 1: the king naps under a tree and wakes at noon» 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 attach | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 attach | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 attach | nsubj |
| 6 | attach | attach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 offer | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 offer | nmod:poss |
| 9 | offer | offer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 attach | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 daughter | 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 | 9 offer | nmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 heirship | cc |
| 14 | heirship | heirship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 daughter | conj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 attach | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attach | past · do-support | what condition | to king's offer of king's daughter and heirship | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to offer=Co-Patient | ||||
| 2 | offer | king | king's daughter and heirship | nom offer «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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 · ✓ the right answer
Failure to complete the tale results in execution
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Failure | failure | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 complete | mark |
| 3 | complete | complete | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Failure | acl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 results | det |
| 5 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 results | compound |
| 6 | results | result | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 complete | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 execution | case |
| 8 | execution | execution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 complete | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | complete | to-infinitive | the tale results | execution | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Eventuality |
Option 2
Anyone who fails loses wealth and rank at court
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 loses | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 fails | nsubj |
| 3 | fails | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Anyone | acl:relcl |
| 4 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 loses | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 rank | cc |
| 7 | rank | rank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wealth | conj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 court | case |
| 9 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 loses | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fail | present | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | lose | present | Anyone | wealth and rank | court | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Eventuality |
Option 3
Execution if he fails
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Execution | execution | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 fails | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fails | nsubj |
| 4 | fails | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Execution | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fail | present | he | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Those who fail to finish lose their heads on the spot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 fail | nsubj |
| 3 | fail | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Those | acl:relcl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 finish | mark |
| 5 | finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 fail | xcomp |
| 6 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 finish | xcomp |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 heads | nmod:poss |
| 8 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lose | obj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 spot | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 spot | det |
| 11 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lose | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fail | present | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 2 | not finish | to-infinitive | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | lose | infinitive | their heads | the spot | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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