Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun and Laili, part 12: the…

Which statement accurately describes Majnun's reaction upon first seeing the transformed Laili?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, Majnun · What happens: describe, see, transform, react · To what, where: reaction, transformed Laili

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1828 «Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun and Laili, part 12: the old woman proves she is Laili, and Laili saves Majnun's life after the wicked Raja kills him» 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 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Majnun	Majnun	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 reaction	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Majnun	case
7	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	10 seeing	mark
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 seeing	advmod
10	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 describes	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Laili	det
12	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 Laili	amod
13	Laili	Laili	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 seeing	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	Majnun's reaction	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reaction=Theme
2	see	gerund	which statement not said here	the transformed Laili	first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer laili=Stimulus
3	transform	participle				vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	react		Majnun			nom reaction «process intransitive»: poss=agent

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

He shouted for the guards to help

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 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 guards	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 guards	det
5	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shouted	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 help	mark
7	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 shouted	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	He					for the guards	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for guard=Recipient
2	help	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He fainted backwards onto the floor

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 fainted	nsubj
2	fainted	faint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	backwards	backwards	ADV	_	2 fainted	advmod
4	onto	onto	ADP	_	6 floor	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 floor	det
6	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fainted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	faint	past	He			the floor		backwards property	vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He collapsed onto the marble floor with a loud cry the moment the fruit split open before him

The tree, 18 words

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 collapsed	nsubj
2	collapsed	collapse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	onto	onto	ADP	_	6 floor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 floor	det
5	marble	marble	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 floor	compound
6	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 collapsed	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 cry	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cry	det
9	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cry	amod
10	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 collapsed	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 moment	det
12	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 collapsed	obl:unmarked
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fruit	det
14	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 split	nsubj
15	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 moment	acl:relcl
16	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 split	xcomp
17	before	before	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 split	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collapse	past	He			the marble floor	moment	with a loud cry	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with cry=Instrument
2	split	past	the fruit	the moment not said here			before him = he	open property	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moment=Patient

Option 4

He bowed and kissed her hand

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 bowed	nsubj
2	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 kissed	cc
4	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bowed	conj
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hand	nmod:poss
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kissed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	He						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	kiss	past	He not said here	her hand					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent

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.

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