Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Monkey Who Could Write, part 16: the m…

In what manner did the princess conceal her face upon entering?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess · What happens: do, conceal, enter · To what, where: manner, face

This is exam question 3 of lesson 176 «Arabian Nights, The Monkey Who Could Write, part 16: the monkey's handwriting wins the Sultan's favour, and the princess reveals his secret» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	nsubj
7	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	parataxis
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 face	nmod:poss
9	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	obj
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	11 entering	mark
11	entering	enter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 conceal	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past			what manner	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	conceal	infinitive	the princess	princess's face		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient
3	enter	gerund	the princess not said here			vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

She drew her veil over her head and stepped behind the screen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drew	nsubj
2	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 veil	nmod:poss
4	veil	veil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 head	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 head	nmod:poss
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stepped	cc
9	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 drew	conj
10	behind	behind	ADP	_	12 screen	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 screen	det
12	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stepped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	She	her veil		her head			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent veil=Theme
2	step	past	She not said here			the screen			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind screen=Trajectory

Option 2

She lowered her eyes to the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lowered	nsubj
2	lowered	lower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lowered	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 floor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 floor	det
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lowered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lower	past	She	her eyes		the floor			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent eye=Theme to floor=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She covered her hair with a scarf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 covered	nsubj
2	covered	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hair	nmod:poss
4	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 covered	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 scarf	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 scarf	det
7	scarf	scarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 covered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	past	She	her hair				with a scarf	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent hair=Destination with scarf=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She drew her veil over her head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drew	nsubj
2	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 veil	nmod:poss
4	veil	veil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 head	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 head	nmod:poss
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	She	her veil		her head			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent veil=Theme

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