Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 23: Sindbad escap…

In what manner did the merchants respond upon discovering the protagonist within the nest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: merchants · What happens: do, respond, discover · To what, where: manner, protagonist

This is exam question 3 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	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	6 merchants	det
6	merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 respond	nsubj
7	respond	respond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	9 discovering	mark
9	discovering	discover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 respond	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 protagonist	det
11	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 discovering	obj
12	within	within	ADP	_	14 nest	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 nest	det
14	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 discovering	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past			what manner		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	respond speech: other	present	the merchants				vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	discover	gerund	the merchants not said here	the protagonist		within the nest	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protagonist=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 · ← Mova's choice

They reproached him, showing their annoyance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reproached	nsubj
2	reproached	reproach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reproached	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 showing	punct
5	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 reproached	advcl
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 annoyance	nmod:poss
7	annoyance	annoyance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 showing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	reproach	past	They	him = he	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	show	gerund	They not said here	their annoyance	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent annoyance=Recipient
3	annoy		their = they		nom annoyance «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

They laughed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	They						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They scolded him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scolded	nsubj
2	scolded	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scolded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scold	past	They	him = he					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They rebuked him, expressing their vexation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rebuked	nsubj
2	rebuked	rebuke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rebuked	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 expressing	punct
5	expressing	express	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 rebuked	advcl
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 vexation	nmod:poss
7	vexation	vexation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 expressing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	rebuke	past	They	him = he	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	express	gerund	They not said here	their vexation	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vexation=Theme
3	vex		their = they		nom vexation «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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