Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles: the enc…

Upon whom did the porter's attention settle when he entered the court?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he, porter · What happens: do, settle, enter, attend · To what, where: attention, court

This is exam question 4 of lesson 169 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles: the enchantress slain, the porter invited in» 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	Upon	upon	SCONJ	_	3 did	mark
2	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 settle	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 porter	det
5	porter	porter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attention	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 porter	case
7	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
8	settle	settle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 entered	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 entered	nsubj
11	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 settle	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 court	det
13	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 entered	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 settle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past		the porter's attention	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Eventuality
2	settle	present			vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	enter	past	he	the court	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme court=Destination
4	attend		the porter		nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=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

A third lady seated on a throne

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lady	det
2	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 lady	amod
3	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lady	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 throne	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 throne	det
7	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seat	participle		a third lady not said here		a throne			vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location

Option 2

A third lady seated upon a golden throne beneath a canopy of silk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lady	det
2	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 lady	amod
3	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lady	acl
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 throne	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 throne	det
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 throne	amod
8	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seated	obl
9	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	11 canopy	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 canopy	det
11	canopy	canopy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seated	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 silk	case
13	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 canopy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seat	participle		a third lady not said here				upon a golden throne; beneath a canopy of silk	vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location

Option 3

A sleeping old man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 man	det
2	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 old	obl:unmarked
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4

A woman by the window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 woman	det
2	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 window	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 window	det
5	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 woman	nmod

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

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