Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fai…

Which of the following accurately states the reason the Sultan gave for dispatching his sons upon their journeys?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sultan, sons · What happens: follow, state, give, dispatch, journey · To what, where: reason, sons

This is exam question 3 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 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sultan	det
10	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 gave	nsubj
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
12	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 dispatching	mark
13	dispatching	dispatch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 gave	advcl
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 sons	nmod:poss
15	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 dispatching	obj
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 journeys	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 journeys	nmod:poss
18	journeys	journey	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 dispatching	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the reason	accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	give	past	the Sultan	the reason not said here		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
4	dispatch	gerund	the Sultan not said here	Sultan's sons	upon sons's journeys	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient
5	journey		sons = son			nom journey «act 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

He wished to prevent the rivalry of his sons over the Princess, since each had grown jealous of the others and quarrelled openly in the great hall of the palace every evening.

The tree, 32 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 prevent	mark
4	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rivalry	det
6	rivalry	rivalry	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prevent	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 sons	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sons	nmod:poss
9	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rivalry	nmod
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 Princess	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Princess	det
12	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 sons	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 grown	punct
14	since	since	SCONJ	_	17 grown	mark
15	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	17 grown	nsubj
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 grown	aux
17	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 prevent	obl
18	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 grown	xcomp
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 others	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 others	det
21	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 jealous	obl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 quarrelled	cc
23	quarrelled	quarrell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wished	conj
24	openly	openly	ADV	_	23 quarrelled	advmod
25	in	in	ADP	_	28 hall	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 hall	det
27	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 hall	amod
28	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 quarrelled	obl
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 palace	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 palace	det
31	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 hall	nmod
32	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	33 evening	det
33	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 quarrelled	obl:unmarked
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	He					vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	prevent not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the rivalry of his sons over the Princess				vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer rivalry=Theme
3	grow	past · perfect	each				jealous property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	quarrell	past	He not said here		the great hall of the palace	evening	openly property	tree rules
5	rival			his sons over the Princess				nom rivalry «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He wished to prevent their rivalry over the Princess by separating them in distant lands.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 prevent	mark
4	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 rivalry	nmod:poss
6	rivalry	rivalry	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prevent	obj
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 Princess	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Princess	det
9	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prevent	obl
10	by	by	SCONJ	_	11 separating	mark
11	separating	separate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 prevent	advcl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 separating	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 lands	case
14	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 lands	amod
15	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 separating	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wish	past	He			vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	prevent not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	their rivalry	over the Princess	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer rivalry=Theme
3	separate	gerund	He not said here	them = they	in distant lands goal	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent they=Theme in land=Goal
4	rival		their = they			nom rivalry «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He wished to prevent their quarrels over the Princess by separating them and sending each to a different far country for some years.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 prevent	mark
4	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 quarrels	nmod:poss
6	quarrels	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prevent	obj
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 Princess	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Princess	det
9	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prevent	obl
10	by	by	SCONJ	_	11 separating	mark
11	separating	separate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 prevent	advcl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 separating	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 sending	cc
14	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 separating	conj
15	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	14 sending	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	20 country	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 country	det
18	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 country	amod
19	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	20 country	advmod
20	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sending	obl
21	for	for	ADP	_	23 years	case
22	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	23 years	det
23	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 sending	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	He					vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	prevent not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	their quarrels			over the Princess	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer quarrel=Theme
3	separate	gerund	He not said here	quarrels = quarrel				vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
4	send	gerund	He not said here	each	a different country	year		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent each=Theme to country=Destination
5	quarrel		their = they					nom quarrel «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He wished to prevent their rivalry over the Princess by sending them to distant lands for a time.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 prevent	mark
4	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 rivalry	nmod:poss
6	rivalry	rivalry	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prevent	obj
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 Princess	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Princess	det
9	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prevent	obl
10	by	by	SCONJ	_	11 sending	mark
11	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 prevent	advcl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sending	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 lands	case
14	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 lands	amod
15	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sending	obl
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 time	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 time	det
18	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sending	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	He					vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	prevent not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	their rivalry			over the Princess	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer rivalry=Theme
3	send	gerund	He not said here	them = they	distant lands	time		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to land=Destination
4	rival		their = they					nom rivalry «act transitive»: poss=agent

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