Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9: Almas follows Gul an…
What did the prince recount in order to establish the truth of his knowledge before the assembly?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, establish · To what, where: prince recount, order, truth
This is exam question 4 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 recount | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 recount | compound |
| 5 | recount | recount | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 order | case |
| 7 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 establish | mark |
| 9 | establish | establish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 did | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 truth | det |
| 11 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 establish | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 knowledge | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 knowledge | nmod:poss |
| 14 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 truth | nmod |
| 15 | before | before | ADP | _ | 17 assembly | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 assembly | det |
| 17 | assembly | assembly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 establish | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the prince recount | order | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recount=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | establish | to-infinitive | the truth of his knowledge | before the assembly | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=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 history of his wandering journey
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 history | det |
| 2 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 journey | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 journey | nmod:poss |
| 5 | wandering | wandering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 journey | compound |
| 6 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 history | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | journey | his = he | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The account of the rose and the cypress
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 account | det |
| 2 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 rose | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rose | det |
| 5 | rose | rose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 account | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 cypress | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cypress | det |
| 8 | cypress | cypress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rose | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | account | the rose and the cypress | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
The account of the rose and the cypress that he heard from the old wise men
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 account | det |
| 2 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 heard | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 rose | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rose | det |
| 5 | rose | rose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 account | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 cypress | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cypress | det |
| 8 | cypress | cypress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rose | conj |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 heard | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 heard | nsubj |
| 11 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 men | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 men | det |
| 14 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 men | amod |
| 15 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 men | amod |
| 16 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 heard | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | the account of the rose and the cypress | from the old wise men | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from man=Source | ||||
| 2 | account | the rose and the cypress | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
The account of the rose and the cypress, and the king's daughter's crimes in the garden
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 account | det |
| 2 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 rose | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rose | det |
| 5 | rose | rose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 account | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 cypress | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cypress | det |
| 8 | cypress | cypress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rose | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 crimes | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 crimes | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 king | det |
| 12 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 king | case |
| 14 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 crimes | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 daughter | case |
| 16 | crimes | crime | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 account | conj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 garden | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 garden | det |
| 19 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 crimes | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | account | the rose and the cypress | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 2 | incriminate | the king's daughter | the garden | nom crime «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place |
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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