Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Story of the First Calender, part 11:…

With what formal authority did the vizir counsel the Caliph to defer the summons until morning?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: defer · To what, where: summons

This is exam question 1 of lesson 171 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the First Calender, part 11: the Calenders reveal who they are, and the First Calender begins his tale» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 defer	obl
3	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 authority	amod
4	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 defer	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 counsel	det
7	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 counsel	compound
8	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Caliph	det
10	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 did	parataxis
11	to	to	PART	_	12 defer	mark
12	defer	defer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 summons	det
14	summons	summon	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 defer	obj
15	until	until	ADP	_	16 morning	case
16	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 defer	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 defer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defer	past · do-support		the summons			morning		vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent summon=Source

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

He urged the Caliph to delay.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 urged	nsubj
2	urged	urge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Caliph	det
4	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 urged	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 delay	mark
6	delay	delay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 urged	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 urged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	urge	past	He	the Caliph					vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent caliph=Recipient clause=Topic
2	delay not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He suggested the Caliph should wait a while before calling anyone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 suggested	nsubj
2	suggested	suggest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Caliph	det
4	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 wait	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 wait	aux
6	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 suggested	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 while	det
8	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wait	obl:unmarked
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 calling	mark
10	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 wait	advcl
11	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 calling	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 suggested	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	roles by
1	suggest speech: suggest	past	He			vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wait	should	the Caliph		while	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	call	gerund	the Caliph not said here	anyone		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He advised that the Caliph, as sovereign, might summon the ladies at a later hour.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 advised	nsubj
2	advised	advise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 summon	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Caliph	det
5	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 summon	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sovereign	punct
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 sovereign	case
8	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Caliph	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Caliph	punct
10	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 summon	aux
11	summon	summon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 advised	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ladies	det
13	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 summon	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	17 hour	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 hour	det
16	later	late	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 hour	amod
17	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 summon	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 advised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	advise speech: other	past	He						vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	summon	might	the Caliph		the ladies		hour		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Recipient

Option 4

He said wait till morning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
4	till	till	ADP	_	5 morning	case
5	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wait	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wait	infinitive					morning		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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