Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 89: the m…

Under what condition, according to the grandmother, might the mermaid acquire an immortal soul?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mermaid · What happens: accord, acquire · To what, where: immortal soul, condition

This is exam question 3 of lesson 878 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 89: the mermaid watches the prince's palace and dreams of a soul» 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	Under	under	ADP	_	3 condition	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 condition	nsubj
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 acquire	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 condition	punct
5	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 grandmother	case
6	to	to	ADP	_	5 according	fixed
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grandmother	det
8	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 condition	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 condition	punct
10	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 acquire	aux
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mermaid	det
12	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 acquire	nsubj
13	acquire	acquire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 soul	det
15	immortal	immortal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 soul	amod
16	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 acquire	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 acquire	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	acquire	might	the mermaid	a immortal soul		condition accord the grandmother			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=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 · ✓ the right answer

if a man loved her above his parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 loved	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 man	det
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loved	nsubj
4	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 loved	obj
6	above	above	ADP	_	8 parents	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 parents	nmod:poss
8	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 loved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past	a man	her = she				above man's parents	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 2

if a prince kissed her on the shore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 kissed	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kissed	nsubj
4	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kissed	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 shore	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shore	det
8	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kissed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kiss	past	a prince	her = she		the shore			vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent

Option 3

if a man loved her more than his mother, father, and all his kin

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 loved	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 man	det
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loved	nsubj
4	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 loved	obj
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 loved	advmod
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 mother	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mother	nmod:poss
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 more	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 father	punct
11	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mother	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 kin	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 kin	cc
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 kin	det:predet
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 kin	nmod:poss
16	kin	kin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past	a man	her = she				man's kin obl	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 4

when a man promises to marry her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	SCONJ	_	4 promises	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 man	det
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 promises	nsubj
4	promises	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 marry	mark
6	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 promises	xcomp
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	present	a man						vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	a man not said here	her = she					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

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