Exam question 4 · Fairy Books, The Arabian Nights, part 1: a clever girl off…
Explain the reason given for Scheherazade's wish to become the sultan's bride.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Scheherazade · What happens: explain, give, become, wish · To what, where: reason, bride
This is exam question 4 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 | Explain | explain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 reason | det |
| 3 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Explain | obj |
| 4 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 reason | acl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 wish | case |
| 6 | Scheherazade | Scheherazade | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 wish | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Scheherazade | case |
| 8 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 given | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 become | mark |
| 10 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 given | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sultan | det |
| 12 | sultan | sultan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bride | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 sultan | case |
| 14 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 become | xcomp |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Explain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the reason | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | ||||
| 2 | give | participle | the reason not said here | for Scheherazade's wish | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for wish=Asset | ||||
| 3 | become | to-infinitive | the sultan's bride | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 4 | wish | Scheherazade | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=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
She was determined to save the women
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 determined | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 determined | cop |
| 3 | determined | determined | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 save | mark |
| 5 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 determined | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 women | det |
| 7 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 save | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | determined property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | save | to-infinitive | She not said here | the women | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
She was determined to end the barbarous practice of the sultan's marriages forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 determined | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 determined | cop |
| 3 | determined | determined | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 end | mark |
| 5 | end | end | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 determined | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 practice | det |
| 7 | barbarous | barbarous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 practice | amod |
| 8 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 end | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 marriages | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sultan | det |
| 11 | sultan | sultan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 marriages | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 sultan | case |
| 13 | marriages | marriage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 practice | nmod |
| 14 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 5 end | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | determined property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | end | to-infinitive | She not said here | the barbarous practice of the sultan's marriages | forever property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality practice=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | practice | the sultan's marriages | nom practice «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 4 | marry | the sultan | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
She was determined to end the barbarous practice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 determined | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 determined | cop |
| 3 | determined | determined | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 end | mark |
| 5 | end | end | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 determined | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 practice | det |
| 7 | barbarous | barbarous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 practice | amod |
| 8 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 end | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | determined property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | end | to-infinitive | She not said here | the barbarous practice | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality practice=Eventuality |
Option 4
She was determined to end the barbarous practice and to marry the sultan herself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 determined | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 determined | cop |
| 3 | determined | determined | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 end | mark |
| 5 | end | end | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 determined | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 practice | det |
| 7 | barbarous | barbarous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 practice | amod |
| 8 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 end | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 marry | cc |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 marry | mark |
| 11 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 end | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 sultan | det |
| 13 | sultan | sultan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 marry | obj |
| 14 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 11 marry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | determined property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | end | to-infinitive | She not said here | the barbarous practice | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality practice=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | marry | to-infinitive | She not said here | the sultan | herself = she obl | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sultan=Patient |
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