Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 18: t…
What did the Vizier's son wish after confessing the truth to the Sultan?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Vizier · What happens: do, confess, wish · To what, where: son wish, truth, Sultan
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1431 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 18: the lamp, the genie, and a stolen wedding night» 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 | 4 Vizier | det |
| 4 | Vizier | Vizier | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 wish | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Vizier | case |
| 6 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wish | compound |
| 7 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 8 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 9 confessing | mark |
| 9 | confessing | confess | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 did | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 truth | det |
| 11 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 confessing | obj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 Sultan | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Sultan | det |
| 14 | Sultan | Sultan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 confessing | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the Vizier's son wish | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | confess | gerund | the truth | the Sultan | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Topic to sultan=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | wish | the Vizier | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: 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
To be parted from the Princess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 3 parted | mark |
| 2 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 3 parted | aux:pass |
| 3 | parted | part | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Princess | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Princess | det |
| 6 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 parted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part | to-infinitive · passive | from the Princess | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: from princess=Co-Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
To be separated from the Princess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 3 separated | mark |
| 2 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 3 separated | aux:pass |
| 3 | separated | separate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Princess | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Princess | det |
| 6 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 separated | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | separate | to-infinitive · passive | from the Princess | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: from princess=Co-Patient |
Option 3
To be separated from the Princess and the palace forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 3 separated | mark |
| 2 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 3 separated | aux:pass |
| 3 | separated | separate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Princess | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Princess | det |
| 6 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 separated | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 palace | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 palace | det |
| 9 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Princess | conj |
| 10 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 9 palace | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | separate | to-infinitive · passive | from the Princess and the palace | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: from princess=Co-Patient |
Option 4
To be banished from the Sultan's court and the Princess too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 3 banished | mark |
| 2 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 3 banished | aux:pass |
| 3 | banished | banish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 court | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Sultan | det |
| 6 | Sultan | Sultan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 court | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Sultan | case |
| 8 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 banished | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 Princess | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Princess | det |
| 11 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 court | conj |
| 12 | too | too | ADV | _ | 3 banished | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | banish | to-infinitive · passive | the Sultan's court and the Princess | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: from court=Source |
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