Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, p…

With reference to the passage, what is the principal reason Sindbad was left stranded on the island?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage · What happens: be, leave, strand · To what, where: principal reason, island

This is exam question 1 of lesson 182 «Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, part 22: Sindbad is stranded and finds a giant white egg» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 left	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 reason	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 reason	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 reason	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 reason	det
10	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 reason	amod
11	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
12	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 reason	appos
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 left	aux:pass
14	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	stranded	strand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 left	xcomp
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 island	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 island	det
18	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stranded	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the passage and the principal reason	the principal reason			tree rules
2	leave	past · passive				with reference to the passage and the principal reason	tree rules
3	strand	participle			the island		tree rules

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 captain abandoned him after a quarrel over the goods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 captain	det
2	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 abandoned	nsubj
3	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 abandoned	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 quarrel	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 quarrel	det
7	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 abandoned	obl
8	over	over	ADP	_	10 goods	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 goods	det
10	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 abandoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	past	the captain	him = he		the goods	after a quarrel		vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme he=Source over goods=Destination

Option 2

The ship sank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ship	det
2	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sank	nsubj
3	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	past	the ship						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He had fallen asleep and his companions sailed without him

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	3 fallen	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fallen	aux
3	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fallen	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sailed	cc
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 companions	nmod:poss
7	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sailed	nsubj
8	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fallen	conj
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sailed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past · perfect	He					asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sail	past	his companions					without him = he	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He was lost at sea

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	3 lost	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux:pass
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 sea	case
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · passive		He		sea			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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