Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 58: M…

What stratagem did the slave Morgiana employ to frustrate the designs of the intruders?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stratagem · What happens: do, frustrate, design · To what, where: slave Morgiana employ, designs, intruders

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	obj
2	stratagem	stratagem	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	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 employ	compound
6	Morgiana	Morgiana	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 employ	compound
7	employ	employ	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 frustrate	mark
9	frustrate	frustrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 employ	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 designs	det
11	designs	design	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 frustrate	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 intruders	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 intruders	det
14	intruders	intruder	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 designs	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	stratagem	the slave Morgiana employ	tree rules
2	frustrate	to-infinitive	stratagem not said here	the designs of the intruders	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus design=Experiencer
3	design			the intruders	nom design «act transitive»: of=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

She lit a fire in the kitchen and sent smoke into the courtyard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lit	nsubj
2	lit	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fire	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lit	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 kitchen	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kitchen	det
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lit	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sent	cc
9	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lit	conj
10	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sent	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 courtyard	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 courtyard	det
13	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	light	past	She	a fire		the kitchen			vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product
2	send	past	She not said here	smoke		the courtyard			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smoke=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She poured boiling oil into the jars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 poured	nsubj
2	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	boiling	boil	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 oil	amod
4	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 poured	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 jars	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 jars	det
7	jars	jar	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 poured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	past	She	boiling oil		the jars			vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent oil=Theme into jar=Destination
2	boil	gerund							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She fled through the garden and raised the alarm among the neighbours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fled	nsubj
2	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 garden	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 garden	det
5	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fled	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 raised	cc
7	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fled	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 alarm	det
9	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 raised	obj
10	among	among	ADP	_	12 neighbours	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 neighbours	det
12	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 raised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	She			the garden			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through garden=Initial_Location
2	raise	past	She not said here	the alarm		the neighbours			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent alarm=Theme among neighbour=Destination

Option 4

She drew a dagger on the captain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drew	nsubj
2	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dagger	det
4	dagger	dagger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 captain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 captain	det
7	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	She	a dagger		the captain			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dagger=Theme on captain=Destination

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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