Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 25: Sindbad escap…

By what name was the deceased merchant's cargo registered upon the ship's manifest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cargo · What happens: decease, be, register · To what, where: cargo

This is exam question 2 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	By	by	ADP	_	3 name	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 name	nsubj
3	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cargo	obl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 cargo	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 merchant	det
6	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 merchant	amod
7	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cargo	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 merchant	case
9	cargo	cargo	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 registered	nsubj
10	registered	register	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 manifest	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ship	det
13	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 manifest	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 ship	case
15	manifest	manifest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 registered	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 registered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	decease	participle				vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	past		the deceased merchant's cargo	by name	tree rules
3	register	past	the deceased merchant's cargo		upon the ship's manifest	vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

In the name of Sindbad the Sailor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 name	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 name	det
3	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Sindbad	case
5	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 name	nmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sailor	det
7	Sailor	Sailor	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Sindbad	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name			Sindbad					nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Listed to the old dead merchant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Listed	list	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	6 merchant	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 merchant	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 merchant	amod
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 merchant	amod
6	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Listed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	list	participle						to the old dead merchant	tree rules

Option 3

Sindbad's name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 name	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Sindbad	case
3	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name		Sindbad						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Under the name of Hindbad the Porter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Under	under	ADP	_	3 name	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 name	det
3	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Hindbad	case
5	Hindbad	Hindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 name	nmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Porter	det
7	Porter	Porter	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Hindbad	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name			Hindbad					nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

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