Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 21: Hindbad the p…

Which vessel departed from the port of Balsora with Sindbad aboard?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: vessel · What happens: depart · To what, where: port

This is exam question 2 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 vessel	det
2	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 departed	nsubj
3	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 port	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 port	det
6	port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 departed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Balsora	case
8	Balsora	Balsora	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 port	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 Sindbad	case
10	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Balsora	nmod
11	aboard	aboard	ADV	_	3 departed	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 departed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depart	past	which vessel			the port of Balsora with Sindbad		aboard property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from port=Initial_Location

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

the vessel that his parents had once owned and that now sailed out under his command for trade

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vessel	det
2	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 owned	nsubj:pass
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 owned	mark
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 parents	nmod:poss
5	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 owned	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 owned	aux
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 owned	advmod
8	owned	own	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sailed	cc
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 sailed	mark
11	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 sailed	advmod
12	sailed	sail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 owned	conj
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 sailed	compound:prt
14	under	under	ADP	_	16 command	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 command	nmod:poss
16	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sailed	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 trade	case
18	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sailed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	own	past · perfect · passive		the vessel			once property	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	sail out	participle			his command	now	for trade	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	command		his = he					nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

a boat hired by the local fishermen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boat	det
2	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	hired	hire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 boat	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 fishermen	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fishermen	det
6	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fishermen	amod
7	fishermen	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hired	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hire	participle		a boat not said here				by the local fishermen	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

a large ship built by the merchants of the city, fitted with sails, oars, and provisions for the long voyage

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ship	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ship	amod
3	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fitted	nsubj:pass
4	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ship	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 merchants	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 merchants	det
7	merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 built	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 city	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 city	det
10	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 merchants	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fitted	punct
12	fitted	fit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 sails	case
14	sails	sail	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 fitted	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 oars	punct
16	oars	oar	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 sails	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 provisions	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 provisions	cc
19	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 fitted	obl
20	for	for	ADP	_	23 voyage	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 voyage	det
22	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 voyage	amod
23	voyage	voyage	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 provisions	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	participle		a large ship not said here				by the merchants of the city	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	fit	participle · passive		a large ship				with sails and oars; provisions for the long voyage obl	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

a ship fitted out between the merchants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ship	det
2	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fitted	nsubj
3	fitted	fit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 fitted	compound:prt
5	between	between	ADP	_	7 merchants	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 merchants	det
7	merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit out	participle	a ship			the merchants			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent between merchant=Destination

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