Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, p…

Which object did Sindbad identify as the source of the dazzling white form he approached?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object, Sindbad · What happens: identify, approach · To what, where: dazzling white form

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 identify	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 identify	aux
4	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 identify	nsubj
5	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 source	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 source	det
8	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 identify	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 form	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 form	det
11	dazzling	dazzling	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 form	compound
12	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 form	amod
13	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 source	nmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 approached	nsubj
15	approached	approach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 form	acl:relcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	past · do-support	which object					as the source of the dazzling white form	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as source=Attribute
2	approach	past	Sindbad	the dazzling white form not said here					vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme

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

A giant moon-shaped shell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shell	det
2	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shell	amod
3	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shaped	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 moon	punct
5	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 shell	amod
6	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shape	participle							vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

An egg belonging to a roc

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 egg	det
2	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	belonging	belong	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 egg	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 roc	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 roc	det
6	roc	roc	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 belonging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	gerund	a egg not said here					to a roc	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A large egg that was laid by a huge bird called the roc, and kept on the island

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 egg	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 egg	amod
3	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 laid	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 laid	aux:pass
6	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 egg	acl:relcl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 bird	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bird	det
9	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bird	amod
10	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 laid	obl
11	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 bird	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 roc	det
13	roc	roc	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 called	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 kept	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 kept	cc
16	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 egg	acl
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 island	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 island	det
19	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	lay	past · passive	a huge bird	a large egg			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result
2	call	participle		a huge bird not said here	the roc		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent roc=Recipient
3	keep	participle		a large egg not said here		the island	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on island=Location

Option 4

An enormous white egg that belonged to a roc and was guarded by the great bird

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 egg	det
2	enormous	enormous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 egg	amod
3	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 egg	amod
4	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 guarded	nsubj:pass
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 belonged	nsubj
6	belonged	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 egg	acl:relcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 roc	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 roc	det
9	roc	roc	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 belonged	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 belonged	cc
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 guarded	aux:pass
12	guarded	guard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 bird	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bird	det
15	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 bird	amod
16	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 guarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	past	a enormous white egg					to a roc	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	guard	past · passive	the great bird	a enormous white egg					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary

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