Exam question 4 · Arab Tales, Sit-in-the-Kitchen, the youngest son guards th…

What was the final outcome for the sultan at the conclusion of the tale?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, conclude · To what, where: final outcome, tale

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1794 «Arab Tales, Sit-in-the-Kitchen, the youngest son guards the date tree and catches the bird» 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	5 outcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 outcome	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 outcome	det
4	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 outcome	amod
5	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 sultan	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sultan	det
8	sultan	sultan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 outcome	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 conclusion	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 conclusion	det
11	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sultan	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 tale	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tale	det
14	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 conclusion	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 outcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the final outcome				for the sultan at the conclusion of the tale	tree rules
2	conclude			the tale					nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

He praised the dates in the great hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praised	nsubj
2	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dates	det
4	dates	date	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 praised	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 hall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hall	det
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hall	amod
8	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 praised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	past	He	the dates		the great hall			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent date=Theme

Option 2

He tasted the dates from his son's hand and then wept with joy in front of everyone

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tasted	nsubj
2	tasted	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dates	det
4	dates	date	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tasted	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 hand	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 son	nmod:poss
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hand	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 son	case
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tasted	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wept	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 wept	advmod
12	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tasted	conj
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 joy	case
14	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wept	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 front	case
16	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wept	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 everyone	case
18	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	16 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	past	He	the dates		his son's hand			vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme date=Attribute
2	weep	past	He not said here				then	with joy; in front of everyone	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in front=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He tasted the dates from his son's hand and blessed the boy before all the court

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tasted	nsubj
2	tasted	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dates	det
4	dates	date	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tasted	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 hand	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 son	nmod:poss
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hand	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 son	case
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tasted	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 blessed	cc
11	blessed	bless	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tasted	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 boy	det
13	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 blessed	obj
14	before	before	ADP	_	17 court	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 court	det:predet
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 court	det
17	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 blessed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	past	He	the dates		his son's hand			vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme date=Attribute
2	bless	past	He not said here	the boy			before all court		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He tasted the dates from his son's hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tasted	nsubj
2	tasted	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dates	det
4	dates	date	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tasted	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 hand	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 son	nmod:poss
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hand	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 son	case
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tasted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	past	He	the dates		his son's hand			vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme date=Attribute

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