Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Greek King and the Physician Douban, p…

What was the immediate consequence, according to the narrative, of the prince's account of the ogress?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince · What happens: be, accord, account · To what, where: immediate consequence, ogress

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 narrative	punct
7	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 narrative	case
8	to	to	ADP	_	7 according	fixed
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 narrative	det
10	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 account	punct
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 account	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 prince	det
14	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 account	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 prince	case
16	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 ogress	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 ogress	det
19	ogress	ogress	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 account	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past		the immediate consequence and the narrative and the prince's account of the ogress	tree rules
2	accord	gerund			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	account		the prince	the ogress	nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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 vizir was exiled from court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vizir	det
2	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exiled	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 exiled	aux:pass
4	exiled	exile	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 court	case
6	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exiled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exile	past · passive		the vizir		court			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from court=Source

Option 2

The prince fled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prince	det
2	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fled	nsubj
3	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	the prince						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The queen wept and begged for mercy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 queen	det
2	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wept	nsubj
3	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 begged	cc
5	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wept	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 mercy	case
7	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 begged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	past	the queen						vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	beg speech: request	past	the queen not said here					for mercy	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The king ordered his son to be strangled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ordered	nsubj
3	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 son	nmod:poss
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ordered	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	8 strangled	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 strangled	aux:pass
8	strangled	strangle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ordered	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	the king		king's son				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme
2	strangle	to-infinitive · passive	the king not said here						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»

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