Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Monkey Who Could Write, part 16: the m…

What procedure did the princess perform to effect the disenchantment?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess · What happens: perform · To what, where: effect

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	obj
2	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 perform	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 princess	det
5	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	nsubj
6	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 effect	mark
8	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 disenchantment	det
10	disenchantment	disenchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 perform	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	past · do-support	the princess	effect					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

She lit a fire and spoke a prayer

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 lit	nsubj
2	lit	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fire	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lit	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 spoke	cc
6	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lit	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 prayer	det
8	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spoke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	light	past	She	a fire					vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product
2	speak speech: other	past	She not said here	a prayer					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She drew a magic circle on the floor and recited verses from the old book

The tree, 15 words

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 circle	det
4	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 circle	amod
5	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 floor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 floor	det
8	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 recited	cc
10	recited	recite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 drew	conj
11	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 recited	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 book	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 book	det
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 book	amod
15	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	She	a magic circle		the floor			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent circle=Theme on floor=Destination
2	recite	past	She not said here	verses		the old book			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Theme

Option 3

She inscribed a circle, lit incense and recited the holy verses aloud

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 inscribed	nsubj
2	inscribed	inscribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 circle	det
4	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inscribed	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 incense	punct
6	lit	lit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 incense	amod
7	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 circle	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 recited	cc
9	recited	recite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 inscribed	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 verses	det
11	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 verses	amod
12	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 recited	obj
13	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	9 recited	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inscribe	past	She	a circle and lit incense					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent circle=Destination
2	recite	past	She not said here	the holy verses				aloud property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She inscribed a circle and recited verses

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 inscribed	nsubj
2	inscribed	inscribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 circle	det
4	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inscribed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 verses	cc
6	recited	recite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 verses	amod
7	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 circle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inscribe	past	She	a circle and recited verses					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent circle=Destination
2	recite	participle							vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: 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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