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

What quality did the Sultan display toward Prince Ahmed following the successful return of the healthful water?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: quality, Sultan display, healthful water · What happens: do, follow, return · To what, where: Sultan display, successful return

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1499 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 86: Ahmed fetches the lions' water, then meets Schaibar, the Fairy's giant brother» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	obj
2	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 display	det
5	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 display	compound
6	display	display	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	toward	toward	ADP	_	9 Ahmed	case
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Ahmed	compound
9	Ahmed	Ahmed	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 display	nmod
10	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 display	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 return	det
12	successful	successful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 return	amod
13	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 following	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 water	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 water	det
16	healthful	healthful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 water	amod
17	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 return	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	quality	the Sultan display	toward Prince Ahmed	tree rules
2	follow	gerund	the Sultan display not said here	the successful return of the healthful water		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent return=Theme
3	return		the healthful water			nom return «communication intransitive»: of=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

outward gratitude paired with hidden envy at him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	outward	outward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gratitude	amod
2	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	paired	pair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 gratitude	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 envy	case
5	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 envy	amod
6	envy	envy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paired	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 envy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pair	participle		outward gratitude not said here				with hidden envy at him	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with envy=Co-Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

outward demonstrations of joy accompanied by secret jealousy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	outward	outward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 demonstrations	amod
2	demonstrations	demonstration	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 joy	case
4	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demonstrations	nmod
5	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 demonstrations	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 jealousy	case
7	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 jealousy	amod
8	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 accompanied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accompany	participle		outward demonstrations of joy not said here				by secret jealousy	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by jealousy=Destination
2	demonstrate			joy					nom demonstration «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

outward demonstrations of joy and thanks accompanied by secret jealousy and quiet plans against him

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	outward	outward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 demonstrations	amod
2	demonstrations	demonstration	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 joy	case
4	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demonstrations	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 thanks	cc
6	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 joy	conj
7	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 thanks	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 jealousy	case
9	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 jealousy	amod
10	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 accompanied	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 plans	cc
12	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 plans	amod
13	plans	plan	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 jealousy	conj
14	against	against	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 plans	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accompany	participle		thanks not said here				by secret jealousy and quiet plans against him	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by jealousy=Destination
2	demonstrate			joy and thanks					nom demonstration «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

outward demonstrations of joy and gratitude accompanied by secret jealousy and plans against him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	outward	outward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 demonstrations	amod
2	demonstrations	demonstration	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 plans	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 joy	case
4	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demonstrations	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 gratitude	cc
6	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 joy	conj
7	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 gratitude	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 jealousy	case
9	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 jealousy	amod
10	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 accompanied	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 plans	cc
12	plans	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	against	against	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 plans	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accompany	participle		gratitude not said here	by secret jealousy	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by jealousy=Destination
2	plan	present	outward demonstrations of joy and gratitude		against him = he	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	demonstrate			joy and gratitude		nom demonstration «act transitive»: of=patient

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