Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9: Almas follows Gul an…

By what means did Prince Almas summon the Simurgh to his assistance?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Prince Almas, his · What happens: mean, summon, assist · To what, where: Simurgh · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1208 «Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9: Almas follows Gul and unmasks the princess's secret» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 summon	aux
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Almas	compound
6	Almas	alma	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 summon	nsubj
7	summon	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Simurgh	det
9	Simurgh	Simurgh	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 summon	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 assistance	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 assistance	nmod:poss
12	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 summon	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	summon	past · do-support	Prince Almas	the Simurgh	to his assistance	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent simurgh=Recipient
3	assist		his = he			nom assistance «act 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

He waved his sword at the sky

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 waved	nsubj
2	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 sword	nmod:poss
4	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waved	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 sky	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sky	det
7	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	past	He	his sword		the sky			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Patient

Option 2

He burned a sacred sweet herb

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 burned	nsubj
2	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 herb	det
4	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 herb	amod
5	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 herb	amod
6	herb	herb	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past	He	a sacred sweet herb					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent herb=Theme

Option 3

He called it

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 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	He	it					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He ignited one of its feathers

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 ignited	nsubj
2	ignited	ignite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 ignited	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 feathers	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 feathers	nmod:poss
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignite	past	He	one of its feathers					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent one=Patient

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