Exam question 4 · Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl give…

What condition did the king attach to the commission of baking bread for the army?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: attach

This is exam question 4 of lesson 681 «Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl gives the prince a castle, bread and a battle win» 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 commission	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 commission	det
9	commission	commission	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attach	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 bread	case
11	baking	baking	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bread	compound
12	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 commission	nmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 army	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 army	det
15	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attach	obl
16	?	?	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 the commission of baking bread; for the army	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to commission=Co-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 would forfeit the baker's life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forfeit	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 forfeit	aux
3	forfeit	forfeit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 baker	det
5	baker	baker	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 life	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 baker	case
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forfeit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forfeit	would	Failure	the baker's life					vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent life=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

If he failed, he would be punished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 failed	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 failed	nsubj
3	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 punished	advcl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 failed	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 punished	nsubj:pass
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 punished	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 punished	aux:pass
8	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fail a condition, not said to happen	past	he						vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	punish	would · passive		he					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Success would win him the princess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Success	success	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 win	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 win	aux
3	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 win	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 win	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	would	Success	the princess	him = he				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary princess=Theme

Option 4

He must bake all the bread alone, without any help, and finish before the army marches at dawn

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bake	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 bake	aux
3	bake	bake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 bread	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bread	det
6	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bake	obj
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 bake	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 help	punct
9	without	without	ADP	_	11 help	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 help	det
11	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bake	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 finish	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 finish	cc
14	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 bake	conj
15	before	before	SCONJ	_	18 marches	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 army	det
17	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 marches	nsubj
18	marches	march	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 finish	ccomp
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 dawn	case
20	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 marches	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	bake	must	He	all bread		without any help; alone property	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Product
2	finish	infinitive	He not said here				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	march	present	the army		dawn		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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