Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genius, part 2: Scheh…

What reason did the grand-vizir give for his subsequent submission to his daughter's petition?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: reason, daughter · What happens: do, submit, petition · To what, where: grand vizir give

This is exam question 2 of lesson 162 «Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genius, part 2: Scheherazade wins more days by telling a tale of a merchant facing a fierce genie» 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	reason	reason	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	8 give	det
5	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 give	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 grand	punct
7	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	compound
8	give	give	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 submission	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 submission	nmod:poss
11	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 submission	amod
12	submission	submission	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	nmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	17 petition	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 daughter	nmod:poss
15	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 petition	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 daughter	case
17	petition	petition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	reason	the grand vizir give	for reason's subsequent submission; to reason's daughter's petition	tree rules
2	submit		reason			nom submission «communication transitive»: poss=agent
3	petition		reason's daughter			nom petition «communication transitive»: 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

He could not bear to see his daughter harmed by the Sultan's 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	4 bear	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 bear	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 bear	advmod
4	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 bear	xcomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 daughter	nmod:poss
8	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obj
9	harmed	harm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 daughter	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	14 anger	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Sultan	det
12	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 anger	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Sultan	case
14	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 harmed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not bear	could	He			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	see	to-infinitive	He not said here	his daughter		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus
3	harm	participle		his daughter not said here	by the Sultan's anger	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	anger		the Sultan			nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He loved his daughter dearly

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 loved	nsubj
2	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 daughter	nmod:poss
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loved	obj
5	dearly	dearly	ADV	_	2 loved	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past	He	his daughter				dearly property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He had to submit as a subject

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 submit	mark
4	submit	submit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 subject	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 subject	det
7	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 submit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He						tree rules
2	submit	to-infinitive	He not said here					as a subject	vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He felt that as a loyal servant of the crown he was bound to obey

The tree, 15 words

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 bound	mark
4	as	as	ADP	_	7 servant	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 servant	det
6	loyal	loyal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 servant	amod
7	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bound	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 crown	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 crown	det
10	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 servant	nmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bound	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 bound	cop
13	bound	bound	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	ccomp
14	to	to	PART	_	15 obey	mark
15	obey	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 bound	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	past	he	as a loyal servant of the crown; bound property	tree rules
3	obey	to-infinitive	he not said here		vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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