Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Story of the First Calender, part 11:…

By what means did the three Calenders establish their rank before the lady of the house?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: three Calenders · What happens: mean, do, establish · To what, where: rank

This is exam question 2 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Calenders	det
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 Calenders	nummod
7	Calenders	calender	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 establish	nsubj
8	establish	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 rank	nmod:poss
10	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 establish	obj
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 lady	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lady	det
13	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 establish	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 house	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 house	det
16	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lady	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	past				tree rules
3	establish	present	the three Calenders	Calenders's rank	before the lady of the house	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rank=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

They proved it with a royal letter from home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proved	nsubj
2	proved	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proved	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 letter	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 letter	det
6	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 letter	amod
7	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proved	obl
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 home	case
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 letter	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 proved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	past	They	it				with a royal letter from home	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

They named their fathers only.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 named	nsubj
2	named	name	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 fathers	nmod:poss
4	fathers	father	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 named	obj
5	only	only	ADV	_	2 named	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 named	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	past	They	their fathers					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme

Option 3

They showed their royal rings.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 showed	nsubj
2	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 rings	nmod:poss
4	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rings	amod
5	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 showed	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 showed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	They	their royal rings					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ring=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They declared that all three were sons of kings.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 sons	mark
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 three	det
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 sons	nummod
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sons	cop
7	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 declared	ccomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 kings	case
9	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sons	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 declared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	They						vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		three sons				of kings	tree rules

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