Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Story of the First Calender, part 11:…

What was the precise nature of the condition under which the seven men had been received?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: precise nature · What happens: be, receive · To what, where: seven men, condition

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 nature	det
4	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 nature	amod
5	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 condition	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 condition	det
8	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nature	nmod
9	under	under	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 received	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 men	det
12	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 men	nummod
13	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 received	nsubj:pass
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 received	aux
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 received	aux:pass
16	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 condition	acl:relcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the precise nature of the condition						tree rules
2	receive	past · perfect · passive		the seven men		the condition			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme under which=Location

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 had been welcomed into the house on the sole condition that they would not question the conduct of their hostesses, nor their slaves, nor the Caliph's guests who came later that evening.

The tree, 34 words

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	4 welcomed	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 welcomed	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 welcomed	aux:pass
4	welcomed	welcome	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 house	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 welcomed	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 condition	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 condition	det
10	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 condition	amod
11	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 welcomed	obl
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 question	mark
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 question	nsubj
14	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 question	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 question	advmod
16	question	question	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 condition	acl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 conduct	det
18	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 question	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 hostesses	case
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 hostesses	nmod:poss
21	hostesses	hostess	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 conduct	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 slaves	punct
23	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	25 slaves	cc
24	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 slaves	nmod:poss
25	slaves	slave	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 condition	conj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 guests	punct
27	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	31 guests	cc
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 Caliph	det
29	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 guests	nmod:poss
30	's	's	PART	_	29 Caliph	case
31	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 welcomed	obl
32	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	33 came	nsubj
33	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 guests	acl:relcl
34	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	33 came	advmod
35	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	36 evening	det
36	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 came	obl:unmarked
37	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 welcomed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	welcome	past · perfect · passive		They	the house		on the sole condition nor condition's slaves; the Caliph's guests obl	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on condition=Location
2	not question speech: other	would	condition	the conduct of condition's hostesses				vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Recipient
3	come	past	the Caliph's guests			evening	late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	conduct			condition's hostesses				nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They had been admitted on the single condition that they would not question the conduct of their hostesses.

The tree, 18 words

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	4 admitted	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 admitted	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 admitted	aux:pass
4	admitted	admit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 condition	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 condition	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 condition	amod
8	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 admitted	obl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 question	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 question	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 question	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 question	advmod
13	question	question	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 condition	acl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 conduct	det
15	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 question	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 hostesses	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 hostesses	nmod:poss
18	hostesses	hostess	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 conduct	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 admitted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	admit speech: other	past · perfect · passive		They	the single condition	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on condition=Location
2	not question speech: other	would	they	the conduct of their hostesses		vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Recipient
3	conduct			their hostesses		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They had been let in only if they promised to pay the household for their food and lodging nightly.

The tree, 19 words

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	4 let	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 let	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 let	aux:pass
4	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	4 let	compound:prt
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 promised	advmod
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 promised	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 promised	nsubj
9	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 let	advcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 pay	mark
11	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 promised	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 household	det
13	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pay	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 food	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 food	nmod:poss
16	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pay	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 lodging	cc
18	lodging	lodge	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 food	conj
19	nightly	nightly	ADV	_	18 lodging	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let in	past · perfect · passive		They		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	promise speech: promise a condition, not said to happen	past	they			vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	pay not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	the household	for their food	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent household=Asset for food=Theme
4	lodge	gerund	they not said here		nightly property	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They had been received on the one strict condition that they would never question the conduct of their hostesses, even if the ladies behaved oddly during the feast and the night.

The tree, 31 words

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	4 received	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 received	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 received	aux:pass
4	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	9 condition	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 condition	det
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 condition	compound
8	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 condition	amod
9	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 received	obl
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 question	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 question	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 question	aux
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 question	advmod
14	question	question	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 condition	acl:relcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 conduct	det
16	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 question	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 hostesses	case
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 hostesses	nmod:poss
19	hostesses	hostess	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 conduct	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 behaved	punct
21	even	even	ADV	_	25 behaved	advmod
22	if	if	SCONJ	_	25 behaved	mark
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 ladies	det
24	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 behaved	nsubj
25	behaved	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 question	parataxis
26	oddly	oddly	ADV	_	25 behaved	advmod
27	during	during	ADP	_	29 feast	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 feast	det
29	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 behaved	obl
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 night	cc
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 night	det
32	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 feast	conj
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 received	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past · perfect · passive		They	the one strict condition			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on condition=Location
2	not question speech: other	would	they	the conduct of their hostesses				vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Recipient
3	behave a condition, not said to happen	past	the ladies			during the feast and the night	oddly property	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
4	conduct			their hostesses				nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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