Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peri Banou, par…

By what means did the lady of the palace come to know the name of Prince Ahmed?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lady · What happens: mean, do, come, know, name · To what, where: name, Prince Ahmed

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1495 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peri Banou, part 82: a lost arrow leads Ahmed to a hidden palace» 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=Int	4 did	obj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lady	det
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 come	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 palace	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 palace	det
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lady	nmod
10	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
11	to	to	PART	_	12 know	mark
12	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 come	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 name	det
14	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 know	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 Ahmed	case
16	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Ahmed	compound
17	Ahmed	Ahmed	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 name	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	come	present	the lady of the palace		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	know	to-infinitive	the lady of the palace not said here	the name of Prince Ahmed	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
5	name			Prince Ahmed	nom name «communication 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

A servant told her the name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	iobj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 name	det
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	a servant	the name	her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient name=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The source is not disclosed in the passage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 source	det
2	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disclosed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 disclosed	aux:pass
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 disclosed	advmod
5	disclosed	disclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 passage	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 passage	det
8	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disclosed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not disclose	present · passive		the source		the passage			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 3

The source is not disclosed anywhere in the passage at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 source	det
2	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disclosed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 disclosed	aux:pass
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 disclosed	advmod
5	disclosed	disclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 disclosed	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 passage	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 passage	det
9	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disclosed	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 passage	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not disclose	present · passive		the source		the passage at all		anywhere property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Ahmed's name was written on arrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ahmed	Ahmed	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 name	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ahmed	case
3	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 written	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 written	aux:pass
5	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 arrow	case
7	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past · passive		Ahmed's name		arrow			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on arrow=Destination
2	name		Ahmed						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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