Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 23: Sindbad escap…

Which object did the protagonist secure to his person as a store of valuable stones?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: do · To what, where: protagonist

This is exam question 2 of lesson 183 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 23: Sindbad escapes the diamond valley on an eagle's meat and sails home with the merchants.» 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	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 protagonist	det
5	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	secure	secure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 protagonist	amod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 person	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 person	nmod:poss
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 store	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 store	det
12	store	store	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 stones	case
14	valuable	valuable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 stones	amod
15	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 store	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which object	the protagonist				to object's person; as a store of valuable stones	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protagonist=Eventuality

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

A heavy wallet hidden inside his robe and tied with cord to his waist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wallet	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wallet	amod
3	wallet	wallet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 wallet	acl
5	inside	inside	ADP	_	7 robe	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 robe	nmod:poss
7	robe	robe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hidden	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tied	cc
9	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hidden	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 cord	case
11	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tied	obl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 waist	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 waist	nmod:poss
14	waist	waist	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle		a heavy wallet not said here		his robe			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent inside robe=Location
2	tie	participle						with cord; to his waist	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient with cord=Co-Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A leathern wallet tied to his belt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wallet	det
2	leathern	leathern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wallet	amod
3	wallet	wallet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 wallet	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 belt	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 belt	nmod:poss
7	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	participle		a leathern wallet not said here				to his belt	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to belt=Co-Patient

Option 3

A bag of gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bag	det
2	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 gold	case
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bag	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A silk purse fastened to his sash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 purse	det
2	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purse	compound
3	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	fastened	fasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 purse	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 sash	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sash	nmod:poss
7	sash	sash	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fastened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fasten	participle		a silk purse not said here				to his sash	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to sash=Co-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.

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