Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part…

Which of the following accurately identifies the number and arrangement of the guardian lions described in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, identify, describe, arrange · To what, where: number, guardian lions, passage

This is exam question 3 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	6 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 identifies	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 number	det
8	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 arrangement	cc
10	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 number	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 lions	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lions	det
13	guardian	guardian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lions	amod
14	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 arrangement	nmod
15	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 lions	acl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 passage	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 passage	det
18	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 described	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the number and arrangement of the guardian lions		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent number=Theme
3	describe	participle	the guardian lions not said here	the passage		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	arrange		the guardian lions			nom arrangement «cognition 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

Four lions, of which two always sleep alternately while the other two remain awake at the gate of the castle

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 lions	nummod
2	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sleep	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sleep	punct
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 sleep	obl
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 sleep	nsubj
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 sleep	advmod
8	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	alternately	alternately	ADV	_	8 sleep	advmod
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	14 remain	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 two	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 two	amod
13	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 remain	nsubj
14	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sleep	advcl
15	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 remain	xcomp
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 gate	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 gate	det
18	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 remain	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 castle	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 castle	det
21	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 gate	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	Four lions					alternately, always property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	remain	present	the other two			the gate of the castle		awake property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at gate=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Four lions, of which two sleep alternately while two remain awake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 lions	nummod
2	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 remain	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sleep	punct
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 sleep	det
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 sleep	nummod
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lions	conj
8	alternately	alternately	ADV	_	11 remain	advmod
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 remain	mark
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 remain	nsubj
11	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 remain	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	Four lions and which two sleep					alternately, awake property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Four lions stationed at the castle entrance, arranged so that two sleep in turn while two stand watch all night

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 lions	nummod
2	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 stand	nsubj
3	stationed	station	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lions	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 entrance	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 entrance	det
6	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 entrance	compound
7	entrance	entrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stationed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 arranged	punct
9	arranged	arrange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lions	acl
10	so	so	SCONJ	_	13 sleep	case
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 so	fixed
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 sleep	nummod
13	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 arranged	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 turn	case
15	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sleep	nmod
16	while	while	SCONJ	_	17 two	mark
17	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 arranged	advcl
18	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 stand	xcomp
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 night	det
21	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 watch	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	station	participle		Four lions not said here	the castle entrance			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at entrance=Destination
2	arrange	participle		Four lions not said here			so two sleep in turn	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	stand	present	Four lions					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	watch	infinitive	Four lions not said here			night		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Three lions, of which one sleeps while two guard the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 lions	nummod
2	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sleeps	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sleeps	punct
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 sleeps	obl
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sleeps	nsubj
7	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 guard	mark
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 guard	nsubj
10	guard	guard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sleeps	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gate	det
12	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 guard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	Three lions						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	guard	present	two	the gate					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary

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