Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genie, part 5: the j…

What measure did the fisherman take to keep the genie confined?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: fisherman, genie · What happens: be, take, keep, confine · To what, where: genie

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 take	obj
2	measure	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 take	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fisherman	det
5	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	nsubj
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 keep	mark
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 take	csubj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 genie	det
10	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obj
11	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 keep	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present			tree rules
2	take	past · do-support	the fisherman		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	keep	to-infinitive		the genie	tree rules
4	confine	participle	the genie not said here		vn confine-92-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer

he fastened the lead lid upon the vessel

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 fastened	nsubj
2	fastened	fasten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lid	det
4	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lid	compound
5	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fastened	obj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 vessel	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 vessel	det
8	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fastened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fasten	past	he	the lead lid				upon the vessel	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Patient

Option 2

he fixed the heavy top on the jar

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 fixed	nsubj
2	fixed	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 top	det
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 top	amod
5	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fixed	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 jar	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 jar	det
8	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	past	he	the heavy top		the jar			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent top=Patient

Option 3

he fastened the lead lid upon the vessel and pressed the king's seal into it

The tree, 16 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 fastened	nsubj
2	fastened	fasten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lid	det
4	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lid	compound
5	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fastened	obj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 vessel	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 vessel	det
8	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fastened	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 pressed	cc
10	pressed	press	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fastened	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 king	det
12	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 seal	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 king	case
14	seal	seal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pressed	obj
15	into	into	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 pressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fasten	past	he	the lead lid				upon the vessel	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Patient
2	press	past	he not said here	the king's seal		seal			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seal=Theme

Option 4

he fastened the lead lid firmly upon the vessel and sealed it with his own blood

The tree, 16 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 fastened	nsubj
2	fastened	fasten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lid	det
4	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lid	compound
5	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fastened	obj
6	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	2 fastened	advmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 vessel	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 vessel	det
9	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fastened	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sealed	cc
11	sealed	seal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fastened	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sealed	obj
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 blood	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 blood	nmod:poss
15	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 blood	amod
16	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fasten	past	he	the lead lid				upon the vessel; firmly property	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Patient
2	seal	past	he not said here	lid				with his own blood	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with blood=Instrument

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