Exam question 3 · Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win the…

State the condition which the princess imposed upon herself in exchange for the return of her golden ball.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, golden ball · What happens: state, impose, return · To what, where: condition, exchange

This is exam question 3 of lesson 735 «Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win their war, and a frog bargains with a princess» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 imposed	nsubj:pass
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 imposed	nsubj
7	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 condition	acl:relcl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 herself	case
9	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 imposed	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 exchange	case
11	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 imposed	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 return	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 return	det
14	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 exchange	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 ball	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 ball	nmod:poss
17	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 ball	amod
18	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 return	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the condition			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic
2	impose	participle · passive		the condition	exchange for the return of princess's golden ball	upon princess	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	return		princess's golden ball				nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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

That she would let the frog stay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 let	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 let	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 let	aux
4	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 frog	det
6	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 let	obj
7	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	would	That	the frog					tree rules
2	stay	infinitive	the frog not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

That she would share her golden crown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 share	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 share	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 share	aux
4	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 crown	nmod:poss
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crown	amod
7	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 share	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	would	That	her golden crown					tree rules
2	crown		her = she						nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

To share her cake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 share	mark
2	share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 cake	nmod:poss
4	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 share	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	to-infinitive		her cake					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

That she would keep the frog as her companion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 keep	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 keep	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 keep	aux
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 frog	det
6	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 companion	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 companion	nmod:poss
9	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	would	That	the frog				as frog's companion	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Theme

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