Exam question 4 · Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sul…

By what means did the gazelle transport the garments to the palace?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do, transport · To what, where: gazelle, garments, palace · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1772 «Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sultan's favour and dresses its master in fine clothes» 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	7 transport	advcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gazelle	det
6	gazelle	gazelle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	transport	transport	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 garments	det
9	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 transport	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 palace	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 palace	det
12	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 transport	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 transport	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past	the gazelle		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gazelle=Eventuality
3	transport	present	the garments	the palace	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent garment=Theme to palace=Destination

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

Strapped to the saddle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strapped	strap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 saddle	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 saddle	det
4	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Strapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strap	participle						to the saddle	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to saddle=Co-Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Fastened upon the horse's rear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fastened	fasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 rear	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 horse	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rear	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 horse	case
6	rear	rear	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fastened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fasten	participle						upon the horse's rear	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

On the horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 horse	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 horse	det
3	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4

Fastened upon the horse's rear by a long rope of woven grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fastened	fasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 rear	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 horse	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rear	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 horse	case
6	rear	rear	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fastened	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 rope	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rope	det
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rope	amod
10	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fastened	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 grass	case
12	woven	weave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 grass	amod
13	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rope	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fasten	participle						upon the horse's rear; by a long rope of woven grass	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	weave	participle							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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