Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 5: the deer-prince is c…
Specify the destination to which the prince must first direct his journey in order to obtain the favour of the Simurgh.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, prince · What happens: specify, direct, obtain, journey, favour · To what, where: destination, journey, favour, Simurgh
This is exam question 3 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 | Specify | specify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 destination | det |
| 3 | destination | destination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Specify | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 direct | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 prince | det |
| 7 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 direct | nsubj |
| 8 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 direct | aux |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 direct | advmod |
| 10 | direct | direct | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 destination | acl:relcl |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 journey | nmod:poss |
| 12 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 direct | obj |
| 13 | in | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 16 obtain | mark |
| 14 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 in | fixed |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 obtain | mark |
| 16 | obtain | obtain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 direct | advcl |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 favour | det |
| 18 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 obtain | obj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Simurgh | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Simurgh | det |
| 21 | Simurgh | Simurgh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 favour | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Specify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | specify | imperative | you not said here | the destination | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent destination=Theme | ||||
| 2 | direct | must | the prince | prince's journey | to the destination; first property | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent journey=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | obtain | to-infinitive | the prince not said here | the favour of the Simurgh | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset favour=Theme | ||||
| 4 | journey | prince | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 5 | favour | the Simurgh | nom favour «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
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 · ✓ the right answer
The home of the Simurgh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 home | det |
| 2 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Simurgh | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Simurgh | det |
| 5 | Simurgh | Simurgh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 home | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The land of the lion-king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 land | det |
| 2 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 king | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 5 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 king | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 lion | punct |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 land | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The mountains of the west
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 mountains | det |
| 2 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 west | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 west | det |
| 5 | west | west | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mountains | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The Place of Gifts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Place | det |
| 2 | Place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Gifts | case |
| 4 | Gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 Place | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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