Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 5: the deer-prince is c…
Identify the magical instrument by means of which Lady Jamila restored the prince to his human form.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Lady, his · What happens: identify, mean, restore, form · To what, where: magical instrument, prince, human form · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1204 «Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 5: the deer-prince is caught by Jamila, who breaks the spell and sends him off to find the Simurgh» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 instrument | det |
| 3 | magical | magical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 instrument | amod |
| 4 | instrument | instrument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 means | case |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Identify | parataxis |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 which | case |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 restored | obl |
| 9 | Lady | Lady | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 restored | nsubj |
| 10 | Jamila | Jamila | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Lady | flat |
| 11 | restored | restore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 means | ccomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 prince | det |
| 13 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 restored | obj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 form | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 form | nmod:poss |
| 16 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 form | amod |
| 17 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 restored | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the magical instrument | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent instrument=Theme | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | restore | past | Lady | the prince | his human form | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Theme to form=Recipient | |||
| 4 | form | his = he | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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
A cup of water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cup | det |
| 2 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 water | case |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cup | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A sword, drawn across the deer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sword | det |
| 2 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 drawn | punct |
| 4 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 sword | acl |
| 5 | across | across | ADP | _ | 7 deer | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 deer | det |
| 7 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drawn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | participle | a sword not said here | the deer | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
A magic stone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 stone | det |
| 2 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stone | compound |
| 3 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A stick, struck upon the deer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 stick | det |
| 2 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 struck | punct |
| 4 | struck | strike | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 stick | acl |
| 5 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 deer | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 deer | det |
| 7 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 struck | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strike | participle | a stick not said here | the deer | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon deer=Location |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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