Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Blue Light, part 47: the soldier'…

Upon which condition does the raven declare that her liberation depends?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: raven, liberation · What happens: declare, depend, liberate · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 771 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Blue Light, part 47: the soldier's pipe calls the manikin, and a queen's child becomes a raven» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 condition	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 declare	obl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 declare	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 raven	det
6	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 declare	nsubj
7	declare	declare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 depends	mark
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 liberation	nmod:poss
10	liberation	liberation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 depends	nsubj
11	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 declare	ccomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 declare	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	present · do-support	the raven	upon which condition	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	depend	present	raven's liberation		vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	liberate		raven		nom liberation «act transitive»: poss=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

Upon the traveler staying up at dawn for three nights in a row

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 traveler	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 traveler	det
3	traveler	traveler	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	staying	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 traveler	acl
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 staying	compound:prt
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 dawn	case
7	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 staying	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 nights	case
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 nights	nummod
10	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 staying	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 row	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 row	det
13	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 staying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay up	gerund	the traveler not said here			a row	dawn; night		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in row=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Upon the traveler keeping watch at the set hour for three days together, without sleeping

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 traveler	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 traveler	det
3	traveler	traveler	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	keeping	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 traveler	acl
5	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keeping	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 hour	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hour	det
8	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hour	compound
9	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 watch	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 days	case
11	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 days	nummod
12	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 keeping	obl
13	together	together	ADV	_	4 keeping	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sleeping	punct
15	without	without	SCONJ	_	16 sleeping	mark
16	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 keeping	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	gerund	the traveler not said here	watch			at the set hour; day	together property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Theme
2	sleep	gerund	the traveler not said here						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Upon the stranger sleeping soundly at the proper time for many nights in a row

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 stranger	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stranger	det
3	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 stranger	acl
5	soundly	soundly	ADV	_	4 sleeping	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 time	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
8	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sleeping	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 nights	case
11	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 nights	amod
12	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 time	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 row	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 row	det
15	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 nights	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	gerund	the stranger not said here				time	soundly property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Upon the wayfarer remaining awake at the appointed hour on three successive days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 wayfarer	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wayfarer	det
3	wayfarer	wayfarer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	remaining	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 wayfarer	acl
5	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 remaining	xcomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 hour	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hour	det
8	appointed	appoint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 hour	amod
9	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 awake	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 days	case
11	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 days	nummod
12	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 days	amod
13	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 remaining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	gerund	the wayfarer not said here				day	awake property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	appoint	participle							vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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