Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part…

Which of the following statements concerning the tent, as described in the passage, is accurate?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, concern, describe, be · To what, where: tent, passage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1498 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 85: the Sultan asks for a magic tent and healing water» 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	17 accurate	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 accurate	obl
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 accurate	csubj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tent	det
8	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concerning	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 described	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 described	mark
11	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 tent	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 passage	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 passage	det
14	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 described	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 passage	punct
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 accurate	cop
17	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 accurate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	concern	gerund	the tent			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tent=Experiencer
3	describe	participle	the tent not said here	the passage		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	is	present			of the following statements; accurate property	tree rules

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

The tent was made of silk and gold thread for the palace guards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tent	det
2	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 silk	case
6	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 thread	cc
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thread	compound
9	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 silk	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 guards	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 guards	det
12	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 guards	compound
13	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		the tent				of silk and gold thread; for the palace guards	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for guard=Asset

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It stayed small

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stayed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	It					small property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The tent expanded in size to suit the army it was required to cover

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tent	det
2	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expanded	nsubj
3	expanded	expand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 size	case
5	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expanded	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 suit	mark
7	suit	suit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 expanded	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 army	det
9	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suit	obj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 required	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 required	aux:pass
12	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 army	acl:relcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 cover	mark
14	cover	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 required	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	expand	past	the tent		size	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	suit	to-infinitive	the tent not said here	the army		tree rules
3	require	past · passive	the army not said here	tent		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
4	cover	to-infinitive	the army not said here			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The tent shrank small enough to fit inside a single treasury chest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tent	det
2	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shrank	nsubj
3	shrank	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shrank	xcomp
5	enough	enough	ADV	_	4 small	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 fit	mark
7	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 small	advcl
8	inside	inside	ADP	_	12 chest	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 chest	det
10	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 chest	amod
11	treasury	treasury	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 chest	compound
12	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shrank	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	past	the tent			a single treasury chest		small property	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	fit	to-infinitive	the tent not said here						vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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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