Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 20:…

What was the consequence of the horse's final blow for the narrator's sight?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: horse, narrator · What happens: be, blow, sight · To what, where: consequence

This is exam question 3 of lesson 180 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 20: the Golden Door is opened, a flying horse carries the narrator off and blinds his right eye» 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	4 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	10 blow	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horse	det
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 blow	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 horse	case
9	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 blow	amod
10	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	15 sight	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 narrator	det
13	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sight	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 narrator	case
15	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 blow	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the consequence	of the horse's final blow for the narrator's sight	tree rules
2	blow		the horse		for the narrator's sight	nom blow «act intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl
3	sight		the narrator			nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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

His right eye was knocked out and his beard was shaved off by the old man

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 eye	nmod:poss
2	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 eye	amod
3	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knocked	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 knocked	aux:pass
5	knocked	knock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 knocked	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 shaved	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 beard	nmod:poss
9	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shaved	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 shaved	aux:pass
11	shaved	shave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 knocked	conj
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 shaved	compound:prt
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 man	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 man	det
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 man	amod
16	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shaved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock out	past · passive		His right eye					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient
2	shave off	past · passive	the old man	his beard					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

His right eye was knocked out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 eye	nmod:poss
2	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 eye	amod
3	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knocked	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 knocked	aux:pass
5	knocked	knock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 knocked	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock out	past · passive		His right eye					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient

Option 3

His right eye was knocked out and he fell from the terrace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 eye	nmod:poss
2	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 eye	amod
3	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knocked	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 knocked	aux:pass
5	knocked	knock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 knocked	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fell	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fell	nsubj
9	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 knocked	conj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 terrace	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 terrace	det
12	terrace	terrace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock out	past · passive		His right eye					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient
2	fall	past	he			the terrace			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from terrace=Initial_Location

Option 4

His right ear was torn off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 ear	nmod:poss
2	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ear	amod
3	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 torn	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 torn	aux:pass
5	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 torn	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tear off	past · passive		His right ear					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

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