Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Head, part 36: the head make…

Which phrase did the negro Ali employ in replying to the head's command?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: phrase, negro Ali employ, head · What happens: do, reply, command · To what, where: negro Ali employ · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 employ	det
5	negro	negro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 employ	compound
6	Ali	Ali	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 employ	compound
7	employ	employ	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
8	in	in	SCONJ	_	9 replying	mark
9	replying	reply	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 employ	acl
10	to	to	ADP	_	14 command	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 head	det
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 command	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 head	case
14	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 replying	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	which phrase	the negro Ali employ		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality
2	reply speech: assert	gerund	the negro Ali employ not said here		to the head's command	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to command=Theme
3	command		the head			nom command «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

"Tell my master he shall be obeyed"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Tell	punct
2	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 master	nmod:poss
4	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Tell	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 obeyed	nsubj
6	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 obeyed	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 obeyed	aux:pass
8	obeyed	obey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 Tell	ccomp
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	imperative	you not said here	my master					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent master=Recipient clause=Topic
2	obey in a quote	shall · passive		he					vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

"Tell the sultan I will do it now"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Tell	punct
2	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sultan	det
4	sultan	sultan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Tell	obj
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 do	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Tell	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 do	obj
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 do	advmod
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	imperative	you not said here	the sultan					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent sultan=Recipient clause=Topic
2	do in a quote	future	I	sultan			now		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3

"Tell my master that the hill will be gone before the forty days are over"

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Tell	punct
2	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 master	nmod:poss
4	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Tell	obj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 gone	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hill	det
7	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gone	nsubj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 gone	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 gone	aux:pass
10	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 Tell	ccomp
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	16 over	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 days	det
13	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 days	nummod
14	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 over	nsubj
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 over	cop
16	over	over	ADV	_	10 gone	advcl
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	imperative	you not said here	my master		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent master=Recipient clause=Topic
2	go in a quote	future · passive		the hill		vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
3	is in a quote	present	the forty days		over property	tree rules

Option 4

"Tell my master he shall be obeyed by all the city and the palace"

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Tell	punct
2	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 master	nmod:poss
4	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Tell	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 obeyed	nsubj
6	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 obeyed	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 obeyed	aux:pass
8	obeyed	obey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 Tell	ccomp
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 city	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 city	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 city	det
12	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 obeyed	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 palace	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 palace	det
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 city	conj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 palace	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	imperative	you not said here	my master					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent master=Recipient clause=Topic
2	obey in a quote	shall · passive	all city and the palace	he					vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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