Exam question 2 · Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize,…

To what condition did the king bind the release of the princess?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: do, bind · To what, where: king, release

This is exam question 2 of lesson 726 «Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize, Hans sets off home» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 bind	obl
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	bind	bind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 release	det
9	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bind	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 princess	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 princess	det
12	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 release	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 bind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	condition	the king					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality
2	bind	present		the release of the princess					vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent release=Patient to what=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 · ← Mova's choice

Digging away the hill within eight days, under threat of the king's sword

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Digging	dig	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Digging	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hill	det
4	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Digging	obj
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 days	case
6	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 days	nummod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Digging	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 threat	punct
9	under	under	ADP	_	10 threat	case
10	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Digging	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 sword	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sword	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 king	case
15	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 threat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig away	gerund		the hill			day	away property	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hill=Theme

Option 2

Carrying the hill's stones away within eight days and building a new wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hill	det
3	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stones	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 hill	case
5	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Carrying	obj
6	away	away	ADV	_	1 Carrying	advmod
7	within	within	ADP	_	9 days	case
8	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 days	nummod
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Carrying	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 building	cc
11	building	build	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Carrying	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 wall	det
13	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wall	amod
14	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 building	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund		the hill's stones			day	away property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme
2	build	gerund		a new wall					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wall=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Digging away the hill within eight days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Digging	dig	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Digging	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hill	det
4	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Digging	obj
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 days	case
6	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 days	nummod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Digging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig away	gerund		the hill			day	away property	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hill=Theme

Option 4

Bringing the fox to the palace gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fox	det
3	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bringing	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 gate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gate	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gate	compound
7	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bringing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	gerund		the fox		the palace gate			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fox=Theme to gate=Destination

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