Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, p…
According to the narrative, how did the captain first respond when Sindbad claimed his identity?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sindbad · What happens: accord, do, claim · To what, where: narrative, captain first respond, identity
This is exam question 2 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 | According | accord | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 did | advcl |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 narrative | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 narrative | det |
| 4 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 According | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 did | punct |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 did | advmod |
| 7 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 respond | det |
| 9 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 respond | compound |
| 10 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 11 respond | amod |
| 11 | respond | respond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 did | obj |
| 12 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 claimed | advmod |
| 13 | Sindbad | Sindbad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 claimed | nsubj |
| 14 | claimed | claim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 did | advcl |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 identity | nmod:poss |
| 16 | identity | identity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 claimed | obj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | to the narrative goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to narrative=Goal | |||||
| 2 | do | past | the captain first respond | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | claim speech: other | past | Sindbad | Sindbad's identity | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent identity=Topic |
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 · ✓ the right answer
He expressed incredulity and accused Sindbad of falsehood
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 expressed | nsubj |
| 2 | expressed | express | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | incredulity | incredulity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 expressed | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 accused | cc |
| 5 | accused | accuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 expressed | conj |
| 6 | Sindbad | Sindbad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 accused | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 falsehood | case |
| 8 | falsehood | falsehood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 accused | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | express | past | He | incredulity | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incredulity=Theme | ||||
| 2 | accuse | past | He not said here | Sindbad | of falsehood | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent sindbad=Theme of falsehood=Attribute |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He refused to believe him and sent him away
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 refused | nsubj |
| 2 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 believe | mark |
| 4 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 refused | xcomp |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 believe | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sent | cc |
| 7 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 refused | conj |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sent | obj |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 sent | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | past | He | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not believe | to-infinitive | He not said here | him = he | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | send away | past | He not said here | him = he | away property | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 3
He was amazed and asked for proof of his story
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 amazed | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 amazed | cop |
| 3 | amazed | amazed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 asked | cc |
| 5 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 amazed | conj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 proof | case |
| 7 | proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asked | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 story | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 story | nmod:poss |
| 10 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 proof | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | amazed property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past | He not said here | for proof of his story | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | proof | his story | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
He welcomed him home
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 welcomed | nsubj |
| 2 | welcomed | welcome | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 welcomed | obj |
| 4 | home | home | ADV | _ | 2 welcomed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | welcome | past | He | him = he | home property | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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