Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince l…

What was the principal motive of the uncle upon discovering the bodies in the chamber?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal motive, uncle · What happens: be, discover · To what, where: bodies, chamber

This is exam question 2 of lesson 172 «Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince loses his eye, his father's throne is taken, and the lovers' tomb is found» 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 motive	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 motive	amod
5	motive	motive	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 uncle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 uncle	det
8	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 motive	nmod
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	10 discovering	mark
10	discovering	discover	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 uncle	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bodies	det
12	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 discovering	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 chamber	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 chamber	det
15	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 discovering	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the principal motive of the uncle						tree rules
2	discover	gerund	the uncle not said here	the bodies		the chamber			vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Topic

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

Fury that his son had broken a sacred oath to the crown and the gods

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fury	fury	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 broken	obj
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 son	nmod:poss
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 broken	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 broken	aux
6	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Fury	acl:relcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 oath	det
8	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 oath	amod
9	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 broken	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 crown	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 crown	det
12	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 broken	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 gods	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 gods	det
15	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 crown	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past · perfect · passive		his son				to the crown and the gods	tree rules

Option 2

Sorrow at the loss of the prince's favourite horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 loss	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 loss	det
4	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sorrow	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	10 horse	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 prince	det
7	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 horse	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 prince	case
9	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 horse	amod
10	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loss	nmod

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

Option 3

Disgust at the lady's low birth and the foreign customs she had brought to court

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disgust	disgust	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	7 birth	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lady	det
4	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 birth	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 lady	case
6	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 birth	amod
7	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Disgust	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 customs	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 customs	det
10	foreign	foreign	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 customs	amod
11	customs	custom	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Disgust	conj
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 brought	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 brought	aux
14	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Disgust	acl:relcl
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 court	case
16	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past · perfect	she	Disgust at the lady's low birth and the foreign customs not said here		court			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent disgust=Theme to court=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Anger at his son's attachment to a woman he could not wed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	6 attachment	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 son	nmod:poss
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attachment	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 son	case
6	attachment	attachment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Anger	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 woman	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 woman	det
9	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attachment	nmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 wed	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 wed	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 wed	advmod
13	wed	wed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 woman	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not wed	could	he	a woman not said here					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Patient
2	attach		his son					to a woman	nom attachment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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