Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident…

Which of the following is the stated purpose of the young men's nightly ceremony as they themselves declare it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: men · What happens: follow, state, be, declare · To what, where: ceremony

This is exam question 3 of lesson 179 «Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident in the cave, then a lonely walk to a copper castle» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 purpose	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 purpose	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 purpose	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 purpose	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 purpose	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 purpose	det
7	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 purpose	amod
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	15 ceremony	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 men	det
11	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 men	amod
12	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 ceremony	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 men	case
14	nightly	nightly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 ceremony	amod
15	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 purpose	nmod
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 declare	mark
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 declare	nsubj
18	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	17 they	nmod:unmarked
19	declare	declare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 ceremony	acl
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 declare	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 purpose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	participle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present			of the stated purpose; of the young men's nightly ceremony	tree rules
4	declare speech: other	infinitive	men = man	ceremony		vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Attribute

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

to lament the bitter fruit of idleness and their own wicked lives, every single night

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 lament	mark
2	lament	lament	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fruit	det
4	bitter	bitter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fruit	amod
5	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lament	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 idleness	case
7	idleness	idleness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fruit	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 lives	cc
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 lives	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 lives	amod
11	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 lives	amod
12	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fruit	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 night	punct
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 night	det
15	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 night	amod
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fruit	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lament	to-infinitive		the bitter fruit of idleness and fruit's own wicked lives and every single night					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fruit=Stimulus

Option 2

to celebrate their wealth and their feast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 celebrate	mark
2	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wealth	nmod:poss
4	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 celebrate	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 feast	cc
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feast	nmod:poss
7	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wealth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	to-infinitive		their wealth and wealth's feast					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

to lament the fruit of idleness and wicked lives

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 lament	mark
2	lament	lament	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fruit	det
4	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lament	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 idleness	case
6	idleness	idleness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fruit	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 lives	cc
8	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lives	amod
9	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fruit	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lament	to-infinitive		the fruit of idleness and wicked lives					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fruit=Stimulus

Option 4

to mourn the wicked ways of the old man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 mourn	mark
2	mourn	mourn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ways	det
4	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ways	amod
5	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mourn	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 man	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ways	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mourn	to-infinitive		the wicked ways of the old man					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus

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