Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 25: Sindbad escap…

Which island did the ship reach after its long voyage, and what commodity was abundant there?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: island, commodity · What happens: do, be, voyage · To what, where: ship reach

This is exam question 1 of lesson 185 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 25: Sindbad escapes the snake, is rescued, gets his goods back, and meets cruel islanders» 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 island	det
2	island	island	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	6 reach	det
5	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reach	compound
6	reach	reach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	after	after	ADP	_	10 voyage	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 voyage	nmod:poss
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 voyage	amod
10	voyage	voyage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 what	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 what	cc
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	parataxis
14	commodity	commodity	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 abundant	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 abundant	cop
16	abundant	abundant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 what	acl:relcl
17	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 what	advmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which island	the ship reach	after island's long voyage		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reach=Eventuality
2	is	past	commodity			abundant property	tree rules
3	voyage		island				nom voyage «act transitive»: 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

An island far to the east, where sandal wood and cloves grew in great abundance everywhere

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	2 island	det
2	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 grew	nsubj
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 east	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 east	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 east	det
6	east	east	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 island	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wood	punct
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 wood	advmod
9	sandal	sandal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wood	compound
10	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 island	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 cloves	cc
12	cloves	clove	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wood	conj
13	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 abundance	case
15	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 abundance	amod
16	abundance	abundance	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 grew	obl
17	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	13 grew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	a island and the east and sandal wood and cloves			great abundance		everywhere property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in abundance=Location

Option 2

Serendib, where cinnamon grew in plenty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Serendib	Serendib	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 grew	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Serendib	punct
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 grew	advmod
4	cinnamon	cinnamon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grew	nsubj
5	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 plenty	case
7	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	Serendib			plenty			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in plenty=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Salahat, where sandal wood and ginger grew in great abundance on the hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Salahat	Salahat	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 grew	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 grew	punct
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 grew	advmod
4	sandal	sandal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wood	compound
5	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grew	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ginger	cc
7	ginger	ginger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wood	conj
8	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 abundance	case
10	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 abundance	amod
11	abundance	abundance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grew	obl
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 hills	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hills	det
14	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 grew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	Salahat			great abundance		on the hills	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in abundance=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Salahat, where sandal wood grew abundantly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Salahat	Salahat	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 grew	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Salahat	punct
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 grew	advmod
4	sandal	sandal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wood	compound
5	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grew	nsubj
6	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	abundantly	abundantly	ADV	_	6 grew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	Salahat					abundantly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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