Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-afruz's Riddle, part 3…

Which action does the prince undertake in order to gain entry to the princess's garden?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: undertake, gain · To what, where: order, entry

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1202 «Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-afruz's Riddle, part 3: the prince enters the garden and is taken for a madman» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 undertake	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 prince	det
5	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	nsubj
6	undertake	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 order	case
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 gain	mark
10	gain	gain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 undertake	advcl
11	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gain	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	16 garden	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 princess	det
14	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 garden	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 princess	case
16	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 entry	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 undertake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	present · do-support	which action			order			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	gain	to-infinitive	which action not said here	entry				to the princess's garden result	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient entry=Extent to garden=Result

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

He climbs in by means of a rope

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	2 climbs	nsubj
2	climbs	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	2 climbs	compound:prt
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 means	case
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 climbs	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 rope	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 rope	det
8	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb in	present	He						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	mean	present	He not said here					of a rope	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He enters by means of a stream of inflowing water

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	2 enters	nsubj
2	enters	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 means	case
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 enters	ccomp
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 stream	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stream	det
7	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	inflowing	inflow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 water	amod
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stream	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	enter	present	He		tree rules
2	mean	present	He not said here	of a stream of inflowing water	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	inflow	gerund			tree rules

Option 3

He enters by way of the open front gate

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	2 enters	nsubj
2	enters	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 way	case
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enters	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 gate	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gate	det
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 gate	amod
8	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 gate	amod
9	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 way	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	present	He					by way of the open front gate	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He gets in through a gate of iron bars

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	2 gets	nsubj
2	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	2 gets	compound:prt
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 gate	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 gate	det
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gets	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 bars	case
8	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bars	compound
9	bars	bar	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gate	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get in	present	He			a gate of iron bars			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through gate=Destination

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