Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fai…

Which of the following best describes the price, and the reason for it, that the crier demanded for the tapestry?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: crier · What happens: follow, describe, demand · To what, where: price

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1493 «Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 80: Houssain buys a magic tapestry in Bisnagar» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 price	det
8	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 reason	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 reason	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 reason	det
12	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 reason	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 demanded	punct
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 demanded	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 crier	det
18	crier	crier	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 demanded	nsubj
19	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 describes	conj
20	for	for	ADP	_	22 tapestry	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 tapestry	det
22	tapestry	tapestry	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 demanded	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the price	of the best	tree rules
3	demand speech: request	past	the crier		for the tapestry	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme

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 crier demanded forty purses, on the ground that the tapestry conveyed its owner instantly to any place he desired.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crier	det
2	crier	crier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 demanded	nsubj
3	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 purses	nummod
5	purses	purse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 demanded	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ground	punct
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 ground	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ground	det
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 demanded	obl
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 conveyed	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tapestry	det
12	tapestry	tapestry	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conveyed	nsubj
13	conveyed	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 demanded	advcl
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 owner	nmod:poss
15	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conveyed	obj
16	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	13 conveyed	advmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 place	case
18	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	19 place	det
19	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conveyed	obl
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 desired	nsubj
21	desired	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 place	acl:relcl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 demanded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	past	the crier	forty purses		the ground		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme purse=Precondition
2	convey	past	the tapestry	tapestry's owner	any place		instantly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent owner=Topic to place=Recipient
3	desire	past	crier	any place not said here				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot place=Theme

Option 2

The crier demanded forty purses, because the tapestry would take its owner to whatever place he desired in a moment.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crier	det
2	crier	crier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 demanded	nsubj
3	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 purses	nummod
5	purses	purse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 demanded	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 take	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 take	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tapestry	det
9	tapestry	tapestry	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 take	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 take	aux
11	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 demanded	conj
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 owner	nmod:poss
13	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 take	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 place	case
15	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 place	det:predet
16	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 take	obl
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 desired	nsubj
18	desired	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 place	acl:relcl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 moment	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 moment	det
21	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 desired	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 demanded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	demand speech: request	past	the crier	forty purses			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme purse=Precondition
2	take	would	the tapestry	tapestry's owner	whatever place		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent owner=Theme to place=Destination
3	desire	past	crier	whatever place not said here		moment	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot place=Theme

Option 3

The crier wanted forty purses for it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crier	det
2	crier	crier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 purses	nummod
5	purses	purse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wanted	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the crier	forty purses				for it	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot purse=Theme

Option 4

Forty purses, because it flies.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 purses	nummod
2	purses	purse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 flies	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 flies	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 flies	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 flies	nsubj
6	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 flies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	Forty purses						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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