Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-afruz's Riddle, part 3…

In what manner does the prince conduct himself when the princess questions him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: manner · What happens: do, conduct · To what, where: prince, manner

This is exam question 2 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	In	in	SCONJ	_	4 does	mark
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 conduct	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
7	conduct	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 conduct	obj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 him	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 questions	det
11	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 questions	compound
12	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 him	nsubj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 conduct	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 conduct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	what manner	the prince					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality
2	conduct	present		manner				manner obl	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=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

He behaves as a fool, shouting and jumping

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 behaves	nsubj
2	behaves	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 fool	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fool	det
5	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 behaves	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 shouting	punct
7	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 behaves	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 jumping	cc
9	jumping	jump	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 shouting	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	behave	present	He	as a fool	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as fool=Attribute
2	shout speech: express	gerund	He not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	jump	gerund	He not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He behaves as one who is sane, but pretends to be deranged so the princess will not see through his disguise

The tree, 21 words

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 behaves	nsubj
2	behaves	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	4 one	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 behaves	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 sane	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sane	cop
7	sane	sane	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 one	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 pretends	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 pretends	cc
10	pretends	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 behaves	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	13 deranged	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 deranged	aux:pass
13	deranged	derange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 pretends	xcomp
14	so	so	SCONJ	_	19 see	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 princess	det
16	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 see	nsubj
17	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 see	aux
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 see	advmod
19	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 pretends	advcl
20	through	through	ADP	_	22 disguise	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 disguise	nmod:poss
22	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	behave	present	He	one			tree rules
2	is	present				sane property	tree rules
3	pretend	present	He not said here				tree rules
4	derange	to-infinitive · passive	He not said here				tree rules
5	not see	future	the princess		his disguise		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He behaves as one deranged, alternating laughter and weeping

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 behaves	nsubj
2	behaves	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	8 laughter	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 laughter	nummod
5	deranged	derange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 laughter	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 alternating	punct
7	alternating	alternate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 deranged	conj
8	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 behaves	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 weeping	cc
10	weeping	weeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 laughter	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	behave	present	He	as one deranged laughter and weeping	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as laughter=Attribute
2	derange	participle			tree rules
3	alternate	gerund			vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

He behaves as one deranged, switching between wild laughter and tears and sometimes singing to the birds in the garden

The tree, 20 words

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 behaves	nsubj
2	behaves	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 deranged	mark
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 deranged	nsubj
5	deranged	derange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 behaves	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 switching	punct
7	switching	switch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 behaves	conj
8	between	between	ADP	_	10 laughter	case
9	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 laughter	amod
10	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 switching	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tears	cc
12	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 laughter	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 singing	cc
14	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	15 singing	advmod
15	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 switching	conj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 birds	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 birds	det
18	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 singing	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 garden	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 garden	det
21	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 singing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	behave	present	He			tree rules
2	derange	participle	one			tree rules
3	switch	gerund	He not said here		between wild laughter and tears	vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	sing speech: express	gerund	He not said here	the garden	to the birds; sometimes property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Location

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