Exam question 2 · Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Creatures: he saves fi…

What is the principal reason the proud princess sets the servant a series of three tasks before consenting to marry him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: proud princess · What happens: be, set, consent, marry · To what, where: principal reason, servant, him

This is exam question 2 of lesson 761 «Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Creatures: he saves fishes, ravens and ants, and wins the 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 reason	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 princess	det
7	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 princess	amod
8	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sets	nsubj
9	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 servant	det
11	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sets	obj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 series	det
13	series	series	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sets	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 tasks	case
15	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 tasks	nummod
16	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 series	nmod
17	before	before	SCONJ	_	18 consenting	mark
18	consenting	consent	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 sets	advcl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 marry	mark
20	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 consenting	xcomp
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 marry	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present		the principal reason	tree rules
2	set	present	the proud princess	the servant	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme series=Destination
3	consent	gerund	the proud princess not said here		vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	marry	to-infinitive	the proud princess not said here	him = he	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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

She wants to humiliate the servant publicly in front of the whole kingdom so that he will leave her palace forever

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 humiliate	mark
4	humiliate	humiliate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 servant	det
6	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 humiliate	obj
7	publicly	publicly	ADV	_	4 humiliate	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 front	case
9	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 humiliate	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 kingdom	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 kingdom	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 kingdom	amod
13	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 front	nmod
14	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	18 leave	mark
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 so	fixed
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 leave	nsubj
17	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 leave	aux
18	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 humiliate	advcl
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 palace	nmod:poss
20	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 leave	obj
21	forever	forever	ADV	_	18 leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	want	present	She				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	humiliate not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	the servant	front of the whole kingdom	publicly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus servant=Experiencer
3	leave	future	he	her palace		forever property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She is unwilling to accept a suitor of lower birth than herself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 unwilling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unwilling	aux
3	unwilling	unwill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 accept	mark
5	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unwilling	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 suitor	det
7	suitor	suitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 accept	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 birth	case
9	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 birth	amod
10	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suitor	nmod
11	than	than	ADP	_	12 herself	case
12	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 birth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unwill	present · progressive	She						tree rules
2	accept	to-infinitive	She not said here	a suitor of lower birth than herself					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suitor=Theme

Option 3

She believes the servant is too lazy to marry her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 believes	nsubj
2	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 servant	det
4	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lazy	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lazy	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 lazy	advmod
7	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 believes	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 marry	mark
9	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 lazy	advcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	believe	present	She			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	the servant		lazy property	tree rules
3	marry	to-infinitive	the servant not said here	her = she		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 4

She is unwilling to accept a suitor of lower birth than herself, and she wishes to test him before the entire court

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 unwilling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unwilling	aux
3	unwilling	unwill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 accept	mark
5	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unwilling	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 suitor	det
7	suitor	suitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 accept	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 birth	case
9	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 birth	amod
10	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suitor	nmod
11	than	than	ADP	_	12 herself	case
12	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 birth	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wishes	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 wishes	cc
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 wishes	nsubj
16	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unwilling	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 test	mark
18	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 wishes	xcomp
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 test	obj
20	before	before	ADP	_	23 court	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 court	det
22	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 court	amod
23	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 test	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	unwill	present · progressive	She			tree rules
2	accept	to-infinitive	She not said here	a suitor of lower birth than herself		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suitor=Theme
3	wish	present	she			vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	test not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	him = he	before the entire court	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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