Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 90: the m…
What condition did the witch state must be fulfilled for the mermaid to obtain an immortal soul?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: do, fulfil, obtain · To what, where: witch state, immortal soul
This is exam question 3 of lesson 879 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 90: the mermaid sneaks off to the sea witch and pays a terrible price» 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 condition | det |
| 2 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 state | det |
| 5 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 state | compound |
| 6 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fulfilled | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 fulfilled | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 fulfilled | aux:pass |
| 9 | fulfilled | fulfil | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 did | parataxis |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 mermaid | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 mermaid | det |
| 12 | mermaid | mermaid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fulfilled | obl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 obtain | mark |
| 14 | obtain | obtain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 fulfilled | advcl |
| 15 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 soul | det |
| 16 | immortal | immortal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 soul | compound |
| 17 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 obtain | obj |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | what condition | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | fulfil | must · passive | the witch state | for the mermaid | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | obtain | to-infinitive | a immortal soul | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset 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 · ✓ the right answer
The prince must marry her and love her wholly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 marry | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 marry | aux |
| 4 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 marry | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 love | cc |
| 7 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 marry | conj |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 love | obj |
| 9 | wholly | wholly | ADV | _ | 7 love | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | must | the prince | her = she | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||||
| 2 | love | past | the prince not said here | her = she | wholly property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He must love her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 love | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 love | aux |
| 3 | love | love | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 love | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | must | He | her = she | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
Option 3
The prince must wed her and cherish her forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wed | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 wed | aux |
| 4 | wed | wed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wed | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 cherish | cc |
| 7 | cherish | cherish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wed | conj |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 cherish | obj |
| 9 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 7 cherish | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wed | must | the prince | her = she | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||||
| 2 | cherish | infinitive | the prince not said here | her = she | forever property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
Option 4
The prince must take her as a bride soon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 take | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 take | aux |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 take | obj |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 bride | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bride | det |
| 8 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 take | obl |
| 9 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 take | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | must | the prince | her = she | as a bride; soon property | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Theme as bride=Attribute |
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