Exam question 2 · Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dummling's three tasks…

Which of the following accurately states the temporal limit within which the prince was required to draw the water?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, state, require, draw · To what, where: temporal limit, prince, water

This is exam question 2 of lesson 774 «Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dummling's three tasks end, and the youngest prince wins the dwarf's help» 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	9 limit	det
8	temporal	temporal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 limit	compound
9	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
10	within	within	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 required	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 prince	det
13	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 required	nsubj:pass
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 required	aux:pass
15	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 limit	acl:relcl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 draw	mark
17	draw	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 required	xcomp
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 water	det
19	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 draw	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present	the temporal limit	accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent limit=Topic
3	require	past · passive	the prince	within the temporal limit	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
4	draw	to-infinitive	the water		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=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

after the clock struck twelve

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	after	after	ADP	_	3 clock	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 clock	det
3	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struck	obl
4	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 struck	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past		twelve			after the clock		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twelve=Patient

Option 2

before the bells rang out at midnight tonight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	before	before	SCONJ	_	4 rang	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bells	det
3	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rang	nsubj
4	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 rang	compound:prt
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 midnight	case
7	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rang	obl
8	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rang	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring out	past	the bells				midnight; tonight		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

before the clock had struck twelve times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	before	before	ADP	_	3 clock	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 clock	det
3	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 struck	obl
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 struck	aux
5	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 times	nummod
7	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 struck	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · perfect				the clock	time		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before clock=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

before the clock struck twelve

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	before	before	SCONJ	_	4 struck	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 clock	det
3	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struck	nsubj
4	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 struck	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	the clock	twelve					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twelve=Patient

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