Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9: Almas follows Gul an…

What did the king consent to before the prince ascended to the roof?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, ascend · To what, where: king consent, prince, roof

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consent	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consent	compound
5	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 prince	case
7	before	before	ADP	_	9 prince	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
10	ascended	ascend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 prince	acl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 roof	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 roof	det
13	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ascended	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the king consent				to the prince	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Eventuality
2	ascend	participle		the prince not said here		the roof			vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to roof=Initial_Location

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

That a servant climb with him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 climb	det
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 servant	det
3	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 climb	compound
4	climb	climb	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 climb	nmod

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

Option 2

That a little water be taken there and that he be left alone for prayer

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 taken	nsubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 water	det
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taken	nsubj:pass
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 taken	aux:pass
6	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 taken	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 left	cc
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 left	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 left	nsubj
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 left	aux:pass
12	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 taken	conj
13	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 left	xcomp
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 prayer	case
15	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	infinitive · passive		That		there			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	leave	infinitive · passive		he				for prayer; alone property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme for prayer=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That a little water be taken there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 taken	nsubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 water	det
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taken	nsubj:pass
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 taken	aux:pass
6	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 taken	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	infinitive · passive		That		there			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

That a prayer mat be laid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 mat	det
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 prayer	det
3	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mat	compound
4	mat	mat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 laid	nsubj:pass
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 laid	aux:pass
6	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	infinitive · passive		that prayer mat					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

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