Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genie, part 5: the j…

Which tale does the fisherman relate to illustrate the treachery he fears?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tale, fisherman · What happens: relate, illustrate, fear · To what, where: treachery

This is exam question 4 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 tale	det
2	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 relate	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 relate	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fisherman	det
5	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 relate	nsubj
6	relate	relate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 illustrate	mark
8	illustrate	illustrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 relate	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 treachery	det
10	treachery	treachery	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 illustrate	obj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fears	nsubj
12	fears	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 treachery	acl:relcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 relate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	relate	present · do-support	which tale		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	illustrate	to-infinitive	which tale not said here	the treachery	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treachery=Destination
3	fear	present	fisherman	the treachery not said here	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer treachery=Stimulus

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 Greek King and the Physician Douban and his cursed brother Sindbad the sailor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
2	Greek	Greek	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 King	compound
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Douban	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Douban	det
6	Physician	Physician	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Douban	compound
7	Douban	Douban	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 King	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 brother	cc
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 brother	nmod:poss
10	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 brother	amod
11	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 King	conj
12	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 brother	appos
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sailor	det
14	sailor	sailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 King	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse	participle							vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The Greek King, the Physician Douban, and the treacherous vizier who betrayed them both

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
2	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 King	amod
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Douban	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Douban	det
6	Physician	Physician	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Douban	compound
7	Douban	Douban	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 King	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 vizier	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 vizier	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 vizier	det
11	treacherous	treacherous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 vizier	amod
12	vizier	vizier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 King	appos
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 betrayed	nsubj
14	betrayed	betray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 vizier	acl:relcl
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 betrayed	obj
16	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	14 betrayed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	betray	past	the treacherous vizier	King					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Greek King and the Physician Douban

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
2	Greek	Greek	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 King	compound
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Douban	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Douban	det
6	Physician	Physician	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Douban	compound
7	Douban	Douban	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 King	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The Persian King and the Sage Haroun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
2	Persian	Persian	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 King	compound
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Haroun	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Haroun	det
6	Sage	Sage	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Haroun	compound
7	Haroun	Haroun	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 King	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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