Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, The Shepherd Prince, part 14: the prince beats…

In what manner does the dragon attempt to secure his release from the prince during the combat at noon?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: do, secure · To what, where: dragon attempt, manner, release

This is exam question 3 of lesson 674 «Fairy Book, The Shepherd Prince, part 14: the prince beats the dragon, and the princess's kiss ends the fight» 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	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 attempt	det
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attempt	compound
7	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 secure	mark
9	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 attempt	acl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 release	nmod:poss
11	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 secure	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 prince	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 prince	det
14	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 secure	obl
15	during	during	ADP	_	17 combat	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 combat	det
17	combat	combat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 secure	obl
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 noon	case
19	noon	noon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 secure	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the dragon attempt		what manner			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Eventuality
2	secure	to-infinitive		his release			during the combat; noon	from the prince	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent release=Theme from prince=Source

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

By swearing an oath to leave the valley forever in peace.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 swearing	mark
2	swearing	swear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 oath	det
4	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swearing	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 leave	mark
6	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 oath	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 valley	det
8	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leave	obj
9	forever	forever	ADV	_	6 leave	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 peace	case
11	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leave	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 swearing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	gerund		a oath					vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality
2	leave	to-infinitive		the valley		peace		forever property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent valley=Theme in peace=Location

Option 2

By promising the shepherd gold if he would let him go free.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 promising	mark
2	promising	promise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 let	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gold	det
4	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gold	compound
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promising	obj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 let	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 let	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 let	aux
9	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 let	obj
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 let	xcomp
12	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 go	xcomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	gerund	he not said here	the shepherd gold		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent gold=Theme
2	let	would	he	him = he		tree rules
3	go	infinitive	him = he not said here		free property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

By requesting permission to dip his burning head into the lake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 requesting	mark
2	requesting	request	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requesting	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 dip	mark
5	dip	dip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 requesting	advcl
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 head	nmod:poss
7	burning	burning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 head	compound
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dip	obj
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 lake	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lake	det
11	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dip	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 requesting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	gerund		permission					vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent permission=Recipient
2	dip	to-infinitive		his burning head		the lake			vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme into lake=Destination

Option 4

By requesting permission to dip his burning head into the cool lake, after which he promises never to return to the valley.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 requesting	mark
2	requesting	request	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 promises	csubj
3	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requesting	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 dip	mark
5	dip	dip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 requesting	advcl
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 head	nmod:poss
7	burning	burning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 head	compound
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dip	obj
9	into	into	ADP	_	12 lake	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lake	det
11	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 lake	amod
12	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dip	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 promises	punct
14	after	after	ADP	_	15 which	case
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 promises	obl
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 promises	nsubj
17	promises	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	20 return	advmod
19	to	to	PART	_	20 return	mark
20	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 promises	xcomp
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 valley	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 valley	det
23	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 return	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 promises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	request	gerund		permission			vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent permission=Recipient
2	dip	to-infinitive		his burning head	the cool lake		vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme into lake=Destination
3	promise speech: promise	present	he				vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	not return not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here			to the valley result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to valley=Result

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