Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part 32: the prince wake…

Which of the following did the queen propose as the terms of the wager?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, propose, term · To what, where: wager

This is exam question 1 of lesson 692 «Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part 32: the prince wakes the dead and Death loses his prize, then a stone-cutter wishes for more» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 propose	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 queen	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 queen	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 queen	case
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 queen	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 queen	det
7	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 propose	obl
8	propose	propose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 terms	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 terms	det
11	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 propose	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 wager	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wager	det
14	wager	wager	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 terms	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 propose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	propose	present		of the queen; as the terms of the wager	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
3	term		the wager		nom term «communication transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

A throw of the dice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 throw	det
2	throw	throw	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 dice	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dice	det
5	dice	dice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 throw	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw			the dice					nom throw «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

That the prince be cast up to the clouds and then weighed by the eagles

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 prince	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cast	nsubj:pass
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 cast	aux:pass
5	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 cast	compound:prt
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 clouds	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 clouds	det
9	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cast	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 weighed	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 weighed	advmod
12	weighed	weigh	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 cast	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 eagles	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 eagles	det
15	eagles	eagle	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 weighed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cast up	infinitive · passive		that prince		the clouds			vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme to cloud=Destination
2	weigh	participle					then	by the eagles	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The prince thrown high

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prince	det
2	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 prince	acl
4	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thrown	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	participle		the prince not said here				high property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

That the prince be thrown into the sky and judged by where he fell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 prince	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thrown	nsubj:pass
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 thrown	aux:pass
5	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 sky	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sky	det
8	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thrown	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 judged	cc
10	judged	judge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 thrown	conj
11	by	by	SCONJ	_	14 fell	mark
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 fell	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fell	nsubj
14	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 judged	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	throw	infinitive · passive		that prince	into the sky result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into sky=Result
2	judge	participle				vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent
3	fall	past	he			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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