Exam question 3 · Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the tailor fools giants, a…

Which of the following accurately states the terms by which the king offered his daughter in marriage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: follow, state, offer · To what, where: terms, daughter, marriage

This is exam question 3 of lesson 742 «Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the tailor fools giants, a unicorn and a boar, and frightens off his foes» 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	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 terms	det
8	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 states	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 offered	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 king	det
12	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 offered	nsubj
13	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 terms	acl:relcl
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 daughter	nmod:poss
15	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 offered	iobj
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 marriage	case
17	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 offered	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the terms			accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent term=Topic
3	offer	past	the king		king's daughter	marriage	by the terms	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme

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

Upon the death of the two giants, as well as the unicorn and the boar, and after the court agrees

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 death	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 death	det
3	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 giants	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 giants	det
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 giants	nummod
7	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 death	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 unicorn	punct
9	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	13 unicorn	cc
10	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 as	fixed
11	as	as	ADP	_	9 as	fixed
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 unicorn	det
13	unicorn	unicorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 death	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 boar	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 boar	det
16	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 unicorn	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 agrees	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 agrees	cc
19	after	after	ADP	_	21 court	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 court	det
21	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 agrees	obl
22	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 death	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	the death of the two giants as the unicorn and the boar not said here				after the court		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	die		the two giants						nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Upon the death of the two giants, as well as the unicorn and the boar

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 death	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 death	det
3	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 giants	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 giants	det
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 giants	nummod
7	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 death	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 unicorn	punct
9	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	13 unicorn	cc
10	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 as	fixed
11	as	as	ADP	_	9 as	fixed
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 unicorn	det
13	unicorn	unicorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 death	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 boar	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 boar	det
16	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 unicorn	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die		the two giants						nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

If he brings back the giants' heads, the unicorn and the boar alive

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 brings	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 brings	nsubj
3	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 brings	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 giants	det
6	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 heads	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 giants	case
8	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 brings	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 unicorn	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 unicorn	det
11	unicorn	unicorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brings	parataxis
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 boar	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 boar	det
14	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 unicorn	conj
15	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brings	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring back	present	he	the giants's heads					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Theme

Option 4

Upon the death of the two giants and the unicorn, along with the boar and his own promise to leave

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 death	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 death	det
3	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 giants	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 giants	det
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 giants	nummod
7	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 death	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 unicorn	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 unicorn	det
10	unicorn	unicorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 giants	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 boar	punct
12	along	along	ADP	_	15 boar	case
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 boar	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 boar	det
15	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 death	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 promise	cc
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 promise	nmod:poss
18	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 promise	amod
19	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 death	conj
20	to	to	PART	_	21 leave	mark
21	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 promise	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	leave	to-infinitive		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	die		the two giants and the unicorn	nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent
3	promise		unicorn	nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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