Exam question 2 · Lilac Fairy Book, Lineik: Lineik sews three robes, Laufer…

What condition did the Prince of Greece impose upon his pardon of Laufer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition, Prince · What happens: do, impose, pardon · To what, where: Laufer

This is exam question 2 of lesson 699 «Lilac Fairy Book, Lineik: Lineik sews three robes, Laufer confesses, Blauvor is beheaded» 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	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Prince	det
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 impose	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Greece	case
7	Greece	Greece	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Prince	nmod
8	impose	impose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 pardon	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 pardon	nmod:poss
11	pardon	pardon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 impose	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Laufer	case
13	Laufer	Laufer	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 pardon	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	what condition			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	impose	present	the Prince of Greece		upon Prince's pardon of Laufer	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	pardon		Prince	Laufer		nom pardon «act 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

that Lineik consent to marry him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 marry	mark
2	Lineik	Lineik	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 consent	compound
3	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 marry	nsubj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 marry	mark
5	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry	to-infinitive	Lineik consent	him = he					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

that she pay a fine in gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	3 pay	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pay	nsubj
3	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fine	det
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pay	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 gold	case
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	infinitive	she	a fine		gold			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fine=Asset

Option 3

that Laufer be sent away across the sea forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Laufer	det
2	Laufer	Laufer	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sent	nsubj
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 sent	aux:pass
4	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 sent	advmod
6	across	across	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl
9	forever	forever	ADV	_	4 sent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send away	infinitive · passive		that Laufer		the sea		away, forever property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

that Laufer be beheaded in the market-place at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Laufer	det
2	Laufer	Laufer	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 beheaded	nsubj:pass
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 beheaded	aux:pass
4	beheaded	behead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 place	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 place	det
7	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 place	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 market	punct
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 beheaded	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 dawn	case
11	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 place	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	behead	infinitive · passive		that Laufer		the market place at dawn			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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