Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genie, part 3: the me…

Which of the following correctly states the reason the first old man gives for his wife's hostility towards the adopted child?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: first old man · What happens: follow, state, give, adopt · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 3 of lesson 163 «Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genie, part 3: the merchant goes back to the fountain, and an old man begins his tale» 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	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	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 states	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 man	det
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 man	amod
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 man	amod
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gives	nsubj
13	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
14	for	for	ADP	_	18 hostility	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 wife	nmod:poss
16	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hostility	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 wife	case
18	hostility	hostility	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gives	obl
19	towards	towards	ADP	_	22 child	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 child	det
21	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 child	amod
22	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gives	obl
23	?	?	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	state speech: other	present		the reason	correctly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	give	present	the first old man	the reason not said here	for man's wife's hostility; towards the adopted child	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme for hostility=Asset
4	adopt	participle				vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

Having taken a strong aversion to both mother and child, she concealed her feelings from him, pretending to be kind until the adopted son grew up

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 concealed	advcl
2	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Having	xcomp
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 aversion	det
4	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 aversion	amod
5	aversion	aversion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 taken	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 mother	case
7	both	both	CCONJ	_	8 mother	cc:preconj
8	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 aversion	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 child	cc
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mother	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Having	punct
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 concealed	nsubj
13	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 feelings	nmod:poss
15	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 concealed	obj
16	from	from	ADP	_	17 him	case
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 concealed	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 pretending	punct
19	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 concealed	advcl
20	to	to	PART	_	22 kind	mark
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 kind	cop
22	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 grew	advmod
23	until	until	ADP	_	26 son	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 son	det
25	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 son	amod
26	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 kind	obl
27	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 pretending	conj
28	up	up	ADP	_	27 grew	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund	child not said here					tree rules
2	take	participle	child not said here	a strong aversion	mother and child			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent aversion=Theme to mother=Destination
3	conceal	past	child	child's feelings			from him = he	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient from he=Beneficiary
4	pretend	gerund	child not said here					tree rules
5	is	to-infinitive				until the adopted son	kind property	tree rules
6	adopt	participle						vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	grow up	past	child not said here					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She harboured a long-standing jealousy of both the mother and child, which she kept quiet

The tree, 16 words

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	2 harboured	nsubj
2	harboured	harbour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 jealousy	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 standing	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 long	punct
6	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 jealousy	amod
7	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 harboured	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 mother	case
9	both	both	CCONJ	_	11 mother	cc:preconj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mother	det
11	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 jealousy	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 child	cc
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mother	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 kept	punct
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 kept	obj
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 kept	nsubj
17	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 mother	acl:relcl
18	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	harbour	past	She	a standing jealousy of the mother and child		tree rules
2	stand	gerund				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	keep	past	child	the mother and child	quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She conceived a strong aversion to both the mother and the child, which she concealed from him

The tree, 17 words

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	2 conceived	nsubj
2	conceived	conceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 aversion	det
4	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 aversion	amod
5	aversion	aversion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceived	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 mother	case
7	both	both	CCONJ	_	9 mother	cc:preconj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mother	det
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceived	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 child	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mother	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 concealed	punct
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 concealed	nsubj
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 concealed	nsubj
16	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 child	acl:relcl
17	from	from	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceive	past	She	a strong aversion				to the mother and the child	vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent aversion=Theme to mother=be'
2	conceal	past	the child					from him = he	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from he=Beneficiary

Option 4

She conceived a deep and secret aversion to both the mother and the child, which she concealed from him for many years while pretending affection

The tree, 25 words

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	2 conceived	nsubj
2	conceived	conceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 aversion	det
4	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 aversion	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 secret	cc
6	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 deep	conj
7	aversion	aversion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceived	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 mother	case
9	both	both	CCONJ	_	11 mother	cc:preconj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mother	det
11	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceived	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 child	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 child	det
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mother	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 concealed	punct
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 concealed	nsubj
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 concealed	nsubj
18	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 mother	conj
19	from	from	ADP	_	20 him	case
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 concealed	obl
21	for	for	ADP	_	23 years	case
22	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 years	amod
23	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 concealed	obl
24	while	while	SCONJ	_	25 pretending	mark
25	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 conceived	advcl
26	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 pretending	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	conceive	past	She	a deep aversion		to the mother and the child	vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent aversion=Theme to mother=be'
2	conceal	past	the mother and the child		year	from him = he	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from he=Beneficiary
3	pretend	gerund	She not said here	affection			tree rules

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