Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9: Almas follows Gul an…

To whom did the fourth fugitive flee for protection?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fourth fugitive · What happens: flee

This is exam question 2 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 whom	case
2	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	root	root
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 flee	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fugitive	det
5	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 fugitive	amod
6	fugitive	fugitive	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flee	nsubj
7	flee	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 whom	acl:relcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 protection	case
9	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flee	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 whom	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past · do-support	the fourth fugitive					for protection	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

To Mihr-afruz, daughter of King Quimus, who hid him beneath her throne

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	4 afruz	case
2	Mihr	Mihr	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 afruz	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 Mihr	punct
4	afruz	afruz	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hid	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 daughter	punct
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 afruz	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 King	case
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 daughter	nmod
9	Quimus	Quimus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 King	flat
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hid	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 hid	nsubj
12	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hid	obj
14	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	16 throne	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 throne	nmod:poss
16	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past		King		her throne		to Mihr afruz and daughter of King	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient beneath throne=Location

Option 2

To the wicked Latifa, sister

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	4 Latifa	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Latifa	det
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Latifa	amod
4	Latifa	Latifa	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sister	punct
6	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Latifa	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

To the old queen, mother of King Quimus and the wicked Latifa, in the palace

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	4 queen	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 queen	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 queen	amod
4	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mother	punct
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 queen	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Quimus	case
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Quimus	compound
9	Quimus	Quimus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 mother	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Latifa	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Latifa	det
12	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Latifa	amod
13	Latifa	Latifa	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Quimus	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 palace	punct
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 palace	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 palace	det
17	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 queen	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Mihr-afruz, daughter of King Quimus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mihr	Mihr	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 afruz	punct
3	afruz	afruz	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mihr	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 daughter	punct
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mihr	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Quimus	case
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Quimus	compound
8	Quimus	Quimus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 daughter	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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