Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince l…

Which course of action did the narrator undertake after his uncle's kingdom had been conquered?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: course · What happens: undertake, conquer · To what, where: kingdom

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 course	det
2	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 undertake	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 action	case
4	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 course	nmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 undertake	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 narrator	det
7	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 undertake	nsubj
8	undertake	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	16 conquered	mark
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 uncle	nmod:poss
11	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 kingdom	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 uncle	case
13	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 conquered	nsubj:pass
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 conquered	aux
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 conquered	aux:pass
16	conquered	conquer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 undertake	advcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 undertake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	past · do-support	which course of action						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	conquer	past · perfect · passive		narrator's uncle's kingdom					vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He disguised himself as a calender and travelled to Bagdad

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 disguised	nsubj
2	disguised	disguise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 disguised	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 calender	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 calender	det
6	calender	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing Typo=Yes	2 disguised	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 travelled	cc
8	travelled	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 disguised	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Bagdad	case
10	Bagdad	Bagdad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 travelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disguise	past	He	himself = he				as a calender	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Destination
2	travel	past	He not said here		Bagdad				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bagdad=Destination

Option 2

He sent a letter to the Caliph asking for an army and waited at the border

The tree, 16 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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 letter	det
4	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Caliph	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Caliph	det
7	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
8	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sent	advcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 army	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 army	det
11	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asking	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 waited	cc
13	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sent	conj
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 border	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 border	det
16	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 waited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	send	past	He	a letter	the Caliph			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to caliph=Destination
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	He not said here				for a army	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	wait	past	He not said here			the border		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at border=Location

Option 3

He stayed in the ruined city and hid for many years

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 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 city	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 city	det
5	ruined	ruin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 city	amod
6	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stayed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hid	cc
8	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stayed	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 years	case
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 years	amod
11	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	stay	past	He	the ruined city		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location
2	ruin	participle				vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	hide	past	He not said here		year	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He gathered loyal men and marched on the capital to retake his lands

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 gathered	nsubj
2	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loyal	loyal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 men	amod
4	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gathered	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 marched	cc
6	marched	march	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 gathered	conj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 capital	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 capital	det
9	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 marched	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 retake	mark
11	retake	retake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 marched	advcl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 lands	nmod:poss
13	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 retake	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	gather	past	He	loyal men		vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
2	march	participle	He not said here		the capital	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on capital=Trajectory
3	retake	to-infinitive	He not said here	his lands		tree rules

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