Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15:…

By what means was the princess restored to her senses?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess · What happens: mean, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 175 «Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15: the dervish is saved by fairies, the cat's hairs are burned, and the narrator is turned into a monkey» 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 restored	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 restored	nsubj
7	restored	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 senses	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 senses	nmod:poss
10	senses	sens	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 restored	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is	past	the princess					to princess's senses; restore property	tree rules

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

Feeding her cat's milk daily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feeding	feed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cat	nmod:poss
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 milk	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 cat	case
5	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Feeding	obj
6	daily	daily	ADV	_	1 Feeding	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	gerund		her cat's milk				daily property	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent milk=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Burning seven white hairs of a cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 hairs	amod
2	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 hairs	nummod
3	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hairs	amod
4	hairs	hair	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 cat	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cat	det
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hairs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Rubbing her temples with ointment made from the genie's own feathers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rubbing	rub	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 made	csubj
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 temples	nmod:poss
3	temples	temple	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Rubbing	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 ointment	case
5	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rubbing	obl
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	12 feathers	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 genie	det
9	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 feathers	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 genie	case
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 feathers	amod
12	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	gerund		her temples				with ointment	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent temple=Destination with ointment=Theme
2	make	participle	Rubbing			the genie's own feathers			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from feather=Material

Option 4

Bathing her in holy water taken from the monastery spring each morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bathing	bath	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 taken	csubj:pass
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Bathing	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bathing	obl
6	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 spring	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 spring	det
9	monastery	monastery	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spring	compound
10	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taken	obl
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	12 morning	det
12	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taken	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bath	gerund		her = she		holy water			tree rules
2	take	participle	Bathing				morning; spring		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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