Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Third Calender, part 14: the narrator…

Which action of the narrator directly caused the talisman to be destroyed?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, narrator · What happens: cause, destroy, act · To what, where: talisman

This is exam question 1 of lesson 174 «Arabian Nights, The Third Calender, part 14: the narrator smashes the talisman, and the genius catches him» 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 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caused	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 narrator	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 narrator	det
5	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 action	nmod
6	directly	directly	ADV	_	7 caused	advmod
7	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 talisman	det
9	talisman	talisman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caused	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	12 destroyed	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 destroyed	aux:pass
12	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 talisman	acl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	past	which action of the narrator	the talisman	directly property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition talisman=Patient
2	destroy	to-infinitive · passive	which action of the narrator not said here	the talisman not said here		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»
3	act		the narrator			nom action «act intransitive»: of=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

He struck it with his foot while intoxicated and confused by the wine he had drunk

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 struck	nsubj
2	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 struck	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 foot	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 foot	nmod:poss
6	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obl
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 intoxicated	mark
8	intoxicated	intoxicate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 struck	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 confused	cc
10	confused	confuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 intoxicated	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 wine	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wine	det
13	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 confused	obl
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 drunk	nsubj
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 drunk	aux
16	drunk	drink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 wine	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	strike	past	He	it	with his foot	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with foot=Instrument
2	intoxicate	participle	He not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	confuse	participle	He not said here		by the wine	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	drink	past · perfect	he	the wine not said here		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient

Option 2

He smashed it with his hatchet

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 smashed	nsubj
2	smashed	smash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 smashed	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 hatchet	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hatchet	nmod:poss
6	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smashed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smash	past	He	it				with his hatchet	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with hatchet=Instrument

Option 3

He dropped it on the stone floor while he was carrying it to the palace garden

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 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dropped	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 floor	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 floor	det
6	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 floor	compound
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obl
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 carrying	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 carrying	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 carrying	aux
11	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 dropped	advcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 carrying	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 garden	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 garden	det
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 garden	compound
16	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carrying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	He	it		the stone floor			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on floor=Destination
2	carry	past · progressive	he	floor		the palace garden			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to garden=Destination

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

He struck it with his foot while intoxicated

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 struck	nsubj
2	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 struck	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 foot	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 foot	nmod:poss
6	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obl
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 intoxicated	mark
8	intoxicated	intoxicate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 struck	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	He	it				with his foot	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with foot=Instrument
2	intoxicate	participle	He not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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