Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Head, part 36: the head make…

What was the first condition imposed upon the head by the sultan?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, impose · To what, where: first condition

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1235 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Head, part 36: the head makes the sultan's hill into a garden» 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	5 condition	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 condition	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 condition	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 condition	amod
5	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 condition	acl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 head	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 head	det
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 imposed	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 sultan	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sultan	det
12	sultan	sultan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 imposed	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 condition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the first condition					tree rules
2	impose	participle		the first condition not said here				upon the head; by the sultan	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

the removal of a hill and the planting of a garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 removal	det
2	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 hill	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hill	det
5	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removal	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 planting	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 planting	det
8	planting	planting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hill	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 garden	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 garden	det
11	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 planting	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove			a hill and the planting of a garden					nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient
2	plant			a garden					nom planting «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

the sinking of a ship and the sowing of a field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sinking	det
2	sinking	sinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 ship	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ship	det
5	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sinking	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sowing	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sowing	det
8	sowing	sowing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sinking	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 field	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 field	det
11	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sowing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink		a ship						nom sinking «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

the removal of a hill and the planting of a garden before the feast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 removal	det
2	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 hill	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hill	det
5	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removal	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 planting	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 planting	det
8	planting	planting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hill	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 garden	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 garden	det
11	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 planting	nmod
12	before	before	ADP	_	14 feast	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 feast	det
14	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove			a hill and the planting of a garden			before the feast		nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient before=obl
2	plant			a garden					nom planting «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

the digging of a well and the building of a wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 digging	det
2	digging	digging	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 well	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 well	det
5	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 digging	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 building	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 building	det
8	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 well	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 wall	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 wall	det
11	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 building	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig			a well and the building of a wall					nom digging «act transitive»: of=patient

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