Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 21: Hindbad the p…

Which occupation is held by the individual addressed as Hindbad in the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: individual · What happens: hold, address · To what, where: occupation, individual, narrative

This is exam question 1 of lesson 181 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 21: Hindbad the porter is summoned to Sindbad's feast and hears how the voyages began» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 occupation	det
2	occupation	occupation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 held	aux:pass
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 individual	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 individual	det
7	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	obl
8	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 individual	acl
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 Hindbad	case
10	Hindbad	Hindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 addressed	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 narrative	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 narrative	det
13	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 addressed	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 held	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive	the individual	which occupation					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	address	participle		the individual not said here		the narrative		as Hindbad	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

a servant who carried heavy loads of goods for the wealthy merchants of the city

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 carried	nsubj
4	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 loads	amod
6	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 carried	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 goods	case
8	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 loads	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 merchants	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 merchants	det
11	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 merchants	amod
12	merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 carried	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 city	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 city	det
15	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 merchants	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	a servant	heavy loads of goods				for the wealthy merchants of the city	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme

Option 2

a keeper of the gate and the doors of the great mansion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 keeper	det
2	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 gate	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gate	det
5	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeper	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 doors	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 doors	det
8	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keeper	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 mansion	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mansion	det
11	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 mansion	amod
12	mansion	mansion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doors	nmod

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

Option 3

clerk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

porter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	porter	porter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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