Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 8:…

Which words did the black slave address to the fish?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: words · What happens: do · To what, where: black slave address

This is exam question 3 of lesson 168 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 8: the talking fish and the Sultan's night journey» 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 words	det
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 address	det
5	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 address	amod
6	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 address	compound
7	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 fish	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fish	det
10	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which words	the black slave address				to the fish	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent address=Eventuality

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

"Fish, fish, are you keeping your word?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Fish	punct
2	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keeping	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fish	punct
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Fish	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Fish	punct
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 keeping	aux
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 keeping	nsubj
8	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 word	nmod:poss
10	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keeping	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 keeping	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 keeping	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep in a quote	present · progressive	Fish and fish	your word					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
2	word in a quote		your						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

"Fish, are you ready?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 ready	punct
2	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ready	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Fish	punct
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ready	cop
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 ready	nsubj
6	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 ready	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 ready	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	Fish					ready property	tree rules

Option 3

"Fish, obey me now!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 obey	punct
2	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 obey	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Fish	punct
4	obey	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 obey	obj
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 obey	advmod
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 obey	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 obey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey in a quote	infinitive	Fish	me			now		vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

"Fish, fish, are you doing your duty?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Fish	punct
2	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doing	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fish	punct
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Fish	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Fish	punct
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 doing	aux
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 doing	nsubj
8	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 duty	nmod:poss
10	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doing	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 doing	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	present · progressive	Fish and fish	your duty					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Eventuality

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