Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genie, part 5: the j…

Which object did the fisherman draw from the sea on his fourth attempt?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: object · What happens: do, attempt · To what, where: fisherman draw, sea

This is exam question 1 of lesson 165 «Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genie, part 5: the jar is opened and a furious genie appears» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 object	det
2	object	object	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 draw	det
5	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 draw	compound
6	draw	draw	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 attempt	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 attempt	nmod:poss
12	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 attempt	amod
13	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which object	the fisherman draw		the sea		on object's fourth attempt	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draw=Eventuality
2	attempt		object						nom attempt «act 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

a yellow pot sealed with lead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pot	det
2	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pot	amod
3	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pot	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 lead	case
6	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal	participle		a yellow pot not said here				with lead	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

a blue vase closed with wax

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 vase	det
2	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 vase	amod
3	vase	vase	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 vase	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 wax	case
6	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 closed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	participle		a blue vase not said here				with wax	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with wax=Theme

Option 3

a yellow pot sealed with lead and stamped with the king's seal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pot	det
2	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pot	amod
3	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stamped	nsubj
4	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pot	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 lead	case
6	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sealed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 sealed	cc
8	stamped	stamp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	13 seal	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 seal	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 king	case
13	seal	seal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stamped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal	participle		a yellow pot not said here				with lead	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	stamp	past	a yellow pot					with the king's seal	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with seal=Theme

Option 4

a large golden urn sealed tightly with lead and wax by the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 urn	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 urn	amod
3	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 urn	amod
4	urn	urn	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 urn	acl
6	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	5 sealed	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 lead	case
8	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sealed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wax	cc
10	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lead	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 king	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal	participle		a large golden urn not said here				with lead and wax; by the king; tightly property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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