Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, p…

In what manner did the bird position itself in relation to the egg that Sindbad observed?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: do, observe · To what, where: bird position, manner, egg

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 position	det
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 position	compound
7	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	7 position	nmod:unmarked
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 relation	case
10	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 egg	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 egg	det
13	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 observed	nsubj:pass
15	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 observed	nsubj:pass
16	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 egg	acl:relcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the bird position position		what manner		in relation; to the egg	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Eventuality
2	observe	participle · passive		the egg					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=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

It came down slowly, spread its vast wings wide, and wrapped the egg safely away from the sun

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 spread	punct
6	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 came	advcl
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wings	nmod:poss
8	vast	vast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wings	amod
9	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 spread	obj
10	wide	wide	ADV	_	6 spread	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 wrapped	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wrapped	cc
13	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 egg	det
15	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wrapped	obj
16	safely	safely	ADV	_	17 away	advmod
17	away	away	ADV	_	13 wrapped	advmod
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 sun	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 sun	det
20	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	come down	past	It		down, slowly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	spread	infinitive		its vast wings	wide property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme
3	wrap	past		the egg	away property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent egg=Theme

Option 2

It dove into the sea near the egg, then rose again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dove	nsubj
2	dove	dove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sea	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dove	obl
6	near	near	ADP	_	8 egg	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 egg	det
8	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dove	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 rose	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 rose	advmod
11	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dove	conj
12	again	again	ADV	_	11 rose	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dove	past	It			the sea		near the egg	tree rules
2	rise	past					then; again		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It settled upon the egg, covering it with its wings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 settled	nsubj
2	settled	settle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 egg	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 egg	det
5	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 settled	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 covering	punct
7	covering	cover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 settled	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 covering	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 wings	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 wings	nmod:poss
11	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 covering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	settle	past	It					upon the egg	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cover	gerund		egg				with egg's wings	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with wing=Theme

Option 4

It landed heavily on the sand and circled the egg three times before stretching its wings over it

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 landed	nsubj
2	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	heavily	heavily	ADV	_	2 landed	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 sand	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sand	det
6	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 landed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 circled	cc
8	circled	circle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 landed	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 egg	det
10	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 circled	obj
11	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 times	nummod
12	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 circled	obl:unmarked
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 stretching	mark
14	stretching	stretch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 circled	advcl
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 wings	nmod:poss
16	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 stretching	obj
17	over	over	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 stretching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	past	It		the sand		heavily property	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on sand=Destination
2	circle	past		the egg		time		vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme egg=Co-Theme
3	stretch	gerund		egg's wings	egg			vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wing=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/182-pg128-part22/e4/