Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the emperor lives…

Upon what condition did the nightingale consent to remain in the vicinity of the palace?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: condition · What happens: do, remain · To what, where: nightingale consent, vicinity

This is exam question 3 of lesson 914 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the emperor lives, and the nightingale makes a promise» 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	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 consent	det
6	nightingale	nightingale	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consent	compound
7	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 remain	mark
9	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 consent	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 vicinity	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 vicinity	det
12	vicinity	vicinity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remain	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 palace	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 palace	det
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 vicinity	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	condition	the nightingale consent					tree rules
2	remain	to-infinitive	condition not said here	the nightingale consent not said here		the vicinity of the palace			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in vicinity=Location

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

That no one should be informed of her presence and she may visit the emperor's bedchamber at night

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 one	det
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 one	det
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 informed	nsubj:pass
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 informed	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 informed	aux:pass
6	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 presence	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 presence	nmod:poss
9	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 informed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 visit	cc
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 visit	nsubj
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 visit	aux
13	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 informed	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 emperor	det
15	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bedchamber	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 emperor	case
17	bedchamber	bedchamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 visit	obj
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 night	case
19	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 visit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	should · passive		that one				of her presence	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: subject=Recipient of presence=Topic
2	visit	may	she	the emperor's bedchamber			night		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bedchamber=Co-Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That no one should be informed of her presence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 one	det
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 one	det
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 informed	nsubj:pass
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 informed	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 informed	aux:pass
6	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 presence	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 presence	nmod:poss
9	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 informed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	should · passive		that one				of her presence	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: subject=Recipient of presence=Topic

Option 3

That the servants should bring her food and water and never speak of her to anyone

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 bring	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 servants	det
3	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bring	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 bring	aux
5	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 food	nmod:poss
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bring	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 water	cc
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 food	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 speak	cc
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 speak	advmod
12	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 bring	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 her	case
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 speak	obl
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 anyone	case
16	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 speak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	should	That	her food and water					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent food=Theme
2	not speak speech: other	infinitive	That not said here					of her = she; to anyone	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-Agent

Option 4

That she be given a golden cage at court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 given	nsubj:pass
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 given	nsubj
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cage	det
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cage	amod
7	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 court	case
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cage	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	infinitive · passive		That					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: subject=Recipient cage=Theme at court=Asset

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