Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Greek King and the Physician Douban, p…

Which of the following describes the principal lesson the vizir draws from the tale of the husband and the parrot?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: vizir, husband · What happens: follow, be, draw, tell · To what, where: principal lesson, tale · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 166 «Arabian Nights, The Greek King and the Physician Douban, part 6: the king doubts the vizir, then condemns the physician to death» 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	8 lesson	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 lesson	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lesson	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 lesson	case
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lesson	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lesson	det
7	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lesson	amod
8	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 vizir	det
10	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 draws	nsubj
11	draws	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lesson	acl:relcl
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 tale	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tale	det
14	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 draws	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 husband	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 husband	det
17	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tale	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 parrot	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 parrot	det
20	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 husband	conj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 lesson	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present				of the principal lesson	tree rules
3	draw	present	the vizir	the principal lesson not said here	the tale of the husband and the parrot		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent lesson=Theme from tale=Initial_Location
4	tell		the husband and the parrot				nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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

Women should never be trusted with secrets of the household and the court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 trusted	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 trusted	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 trusted	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 trusted	aux:pass
5	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 secrets	case
7	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 trusted	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 household	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 household	det
10	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secrets	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 court	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 court	det
13	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 household	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not trust	should · passive		Women				with secrets of the household and the court	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with secret=Theme

Option 2

Birds should never be kept

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kept	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 kept	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 kept	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 kept	aux:pass
5	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not keep	should · passive		Birds					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Credulity toward a single account is unwise, and the husband erred in destroying the bird

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Credulity	credulity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 unwise	nsubj
2	toward	toward	ADP	_	5 account	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 account	det
4	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 account	amod
5	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Credulity	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 unwise	cop
7	unwise	unwise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 erred	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 erred	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 husband	det
11	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 erred	nsubj:pass
12	erred	err	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 unwise	conj
13	in	in	SCONJ	_	14 destroying	mark
14	destroying	destroy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 erred	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bird	det
16	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 destroying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Credulity toward a single account		unwise property	tree rules
2	err	participle · passive		the husband		tree rules
3	destroy	gerund		the bird		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Patient

Option 4

A husband should always punish a servant who lies to him about the weather

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 husband	det
2	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 punish	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 punish	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 punish	advmod
5	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 servant	det
7	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 punish	obj
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 lies	nsubj
9	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 servant	acl:relcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lies	obl
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 weather	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 weather	det
14	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	should	a husband	a servant				always property	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Patient
2	lie	present	a servant		husband			about the weather	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about weather=Location

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