Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 58: M…

By what means did the Captain conceal his armed men during their approach to the dwelling?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Captain, men · What happens: mean, conceal, approach · To what, where: armed men

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1471 «Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 58: Morgiana foils the robbers' attack and dances at supper» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 conceal	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 conceal	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Captain	det
6	Captain	Captain	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	nsubj
7	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 men	nmod:poss
9	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 men	amod
10	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 conceal	obj
11	during	during	ADP	_	13 approach	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 approach	nmod:poss
13	approach	approach	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	obl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 dwelling	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dwelling	det
16	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 conceal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	conceal	past · do-support	the Captain	Captain's armed men	during men's approach	to the dwelling	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent man=Patient by what=Location
3	approach		men = man				nom approach «act 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

In wide jars hidden in the yard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 jars	case
2	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 jars	amod
3	jars	jar	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 jars	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 yard	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 yard	det
7	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle		wide jars not said here				in the yard	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in yard=Location

Option 2

Hidden in thirty-eight leather jars carried by mules and porters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	7 jars	case
3	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 eight	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 thirty	punct
5	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 jars	nummod
6	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 jars	compound
7	jars	jar	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hidden	obl
8	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 jars	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 mules	case
10	mules	mule	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 carried	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 porters	cc
12	porters	porter	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 mules	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle				eight leather jars			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in jar=Location
2	carry	participle		eight leather jars not said here				by mules and porters	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

In leather jars, one man in each

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 jars	case
2	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jars	compound
3	jars	jar	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 man	punct
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 man	nummod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jars	appos
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 each	case
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 man	nmod

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

Option 4

Inside oil jars, with weapons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Inside	inside	ADP	_	3 jars	case
2	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jars	compound
3	jars	jar	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 weapons	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 weapons	case
6	weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 jars	conj

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

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