Exam question 3 · Fairy Books, The Arabian Nights, part 1: a clever girl off…

State the response of the grand-vizir when his elder daughter proposed to become the sultan's bride.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: elder daughter · What happens: propose, become · To what, where: bride

This is exam question 3 of lesson 161 «Fairy Books, The Arabian Nights, part 1: a clever girl offers herself to the sultan» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 response	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 vizir	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 vizir	det
6	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 vizir	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 grand	punct
8	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 response	nmod
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 proposed	advmod
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 daughter	nmod:poss
11	elder	elder	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 daughter	compound
12	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 proposed	nsubj
13	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 vizir	acl:relcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 become	mark
15	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 proposed	xcomp
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sultan	det
17	sultan	sultan	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 bride	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 sultan	case
19	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 become	xcomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 response	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propose	participle	his elder daughter						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	become	to-infinitive	his elder daughter not said here	the sultan's bride					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

He wept, asking whether she had lost her mind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wept	nsubj
2	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 asking	punct
4	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wept	advcl
5	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	8 lost	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lost	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lost	aux
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 asking	ccomp
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mind	nmod:poss
10	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	weep	past	He		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	He not said here		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	lose	past · perfect	she	her mind	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Eventuality
4	mind		her = she		nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He cried out in anger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 cried	compound:prt
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 anger	case
5	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry out speech: express	past	He			anger			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in anger=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He cried out, asking whether she had lost her senses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 cried	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 asking	punct
5	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 cried	advcl
6	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	9 lost	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lost	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lost	aux
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 asking	ccomp
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 senses	nmod:poss
11	senses	sens	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cry out speech: express	past	He		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	He not said here		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	lose	past · perfect	she	her senses	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sens=Eventuality

Option 4

He shouted, asking if she was mad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 asking	punct
4	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 shouted	advcl
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 mad	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 mad	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 mad	cop
8	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 asking	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	He		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	He not said here		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a condition, not said to happen	past	she	mad property	tree rules

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