Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13…

Which accomplishment did the young prince pursue with the greatest devotion during his education?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: accomplishment, young prince · What happens: do, pursue, educate · To what, where: young prince

This is exam question 1 of lesson 173 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13: robbed, a poor wood-cutter, finds a princess underground» 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 accomplishment	det
2	accomplishment	accomplishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
5	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 prince	amod
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	pursue	pursue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 prince	acl:relcl
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 devotion	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 devotion	det
10	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 devotion	amod
11	devotion	devotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
12	during	during	ADP	_	14 education	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 education	nmod:poss
14	education	education	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which accomplishment	the young prince	during accomplishment's education	with the greatest devotion	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality
2	pursue	present	the young prince not said here				vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	educate		accomplishment				nom education «act transitive»: poss=agent

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 learning of ancient poetry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 learning	det
2	learning	learning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 poetry	case
4	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 poetry	amod
5	poetry	poetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 learning	nmod

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

Option 2

the study of the old scrolls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 study	det
2	study	study	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 scrolls	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 scrolls	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 scrolls	amod
6	scrolls	scroll	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 study	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	study			the old scrolls					nom study «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

the careful copying of Arabic characters onto parchment with a reed pen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 copying	det
2	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 copying	amod
3	copying	copying	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 characters	case
5	Arabic	Arabic	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 characters	compound
6	characters	character	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 copying	nmod
7	onto	onto	ADP	_	8 parchment	case
8	parchment	parchment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 characters	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 pen	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pen	det
11	reed	reed	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pen	compound
12	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 parchment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy			Arabic characters onto parchment with a reed pen					nom copying «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the writing of Arabic characters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 writing	det
2	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 characters	case
4	Arabic	Arabic	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 characters	compound
5	characters	character	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 writing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write			Arabic characters					nom writing «act transitive»: of=patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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