Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part…

Which of the following best explains the reason the magician advised the Sultan to request many gifts from the Prince?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: magician · What happens: follow, explain, advise, request · To what, where: reason, Sultan, many gifts · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 explains	advmod
6	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 explains	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 magician	det
10	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 advised	nsubj
11	advised	advise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Sultan	det
13	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 advised	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 request	mark
15	request	request	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 advised	ccomp
16	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 gifts	amod
17	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 request	obj
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 Prince	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Prince	det
20	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 gifts	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	explain speech: assert	present		the reason	well property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	advise speech: other	past	the magician	the Sultan		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent sultan=Recipient clause=Topic
4	request not said to happen	to-infinitive		many gifts	from the Prince	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent gift=Recipient

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

To cause the Fairy to become weary of the Prince and send him away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cause	mark
2	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Fairy	det
4	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cause	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 become	mark
6	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 cause	xcomp
7	weary	weary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 become	xcomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 Prince	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Prince	det
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 weary	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 send	cc
12	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 become	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 send	obj
14	away	away	ADV	_	12 send	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	to-infinitive		the Fairy		tree rules
2	become	to-infinitive	the Fairy not said here		weary property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	send away	infinitive	the Fairy not said here	Fairy	away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

To cause the Fairy to become weary of the Prince and to punish him with poverty and shame

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cause	mark
2	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Fairy	det
4	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cause	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 become	mark
6	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 cause	xcomp
7	weary	weary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 become	xcomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 Prince	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Prince	det
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 weary	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 punish	cc
12	to	to	PART	_	13 punish	mark
13	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 become	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 punish	obj
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 poverty	case
16	poverty	poverty	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 punish	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 shame	cc
18	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 poverty	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	to-infinitive		the Fairy		tree rules
2	become	to-infinitive	the Fairy not said here		weary property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	punish	to-infinitive	the Fairy not said here	Fairy	with poverty and shame	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Patient with poverty=Theme

Option 3

To cause the Fairy to become weary of the Prince and send him away from the palace forever

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cause	mark
2	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Fairy	det
4	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cause	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 become	mark
6	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 cause	advcl
7	weary	weary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 become	xcomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 Prince	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Prince	det
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 weary	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 send	cc
12	send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 cause	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 send	obj
14	away	away	ADV	_	12 send	advmod
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 palace	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 palace	det
17	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 send	obl
18	forever	forever	ADV	_	12 send	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cause	to-infinitive	the Fairy			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fairy=Patient
2	become	to-infinitive			weary property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	send away	infinitive	Fairy	the palace	away, forever property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from palace=Source

Option 4

To make the Fairy tired of the Prince and drive him out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tired	det
4	Fairy	fairy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tired	amod
5	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 make	xcomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Prince	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Prince	det
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 tired	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 drive	cc
10	drive	drive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 make	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 drive	obj
12	out	out	ADP	_	10 drive	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive						tired property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	drive out	infinitive		him = he					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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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