Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Princess Gulizar, part 37: a poisoned…

By what means was the old woman conveyed from the palace to her dwelling?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, be, convey · To what, where: old woman, palace

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1853 «Arabian Nights, The Princess Gulizar, part 37: a poisoned pilaw meant for the vizier's son» 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	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 woman	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 woman	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 woman	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 woman	amod
7	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 woman	acl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 palace	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 palace	det
11	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conveyed	obl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 dwelling	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 dwelling	nmod:poss
14	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 palace	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 woman	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the old woman		tree rules
3	convey	participle	the old woman not said here	the palace to woman's dwelling	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from palace=Initial_Location

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

By a magic carpet that flew her quickly home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 carpet	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 carpet	det
3	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carpet	compound
4	carpet	carpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 flew	nsubj
6	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 carpet	acl:relcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 flew	obj
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	6 flew	advmod
9	home	home	ADV	_	6 flew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	a magic carpet	her = she				home, quickly property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location she=Theme

Option 2

By a silver litter that four servants carried

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 litter	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 litter	det
3	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 litter	compound
4	litter	litter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 carried	obj
6	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 servants	nummod
7	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 carried	nsubj
8	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 litter	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	four servants	a silver litter					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By a charmed swing that took her where she wished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 swing	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 swing	det
3	charmed	charm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 swing	amod
4	swing	swing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 took	nsubj
6	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swing	acl:relcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 took	obj
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 wished	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wished	nsubj
10	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 took	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	charm	participle			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	take	past	a charmed swing	her = she	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination
3	wish	past	she		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

Carried by palace guards all the way through the city streets to her small hut at dusk

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	4 guards	case
3	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guards	compound
4	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Carried	obl
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 way	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carried	obl:unmarked
8	through	through	ADP	_	11 streets	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 streets	det
10	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 streets	compound
11	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Carried	obl
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 hut	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 hut	nmod:poss
14	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hut	amod
15	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carried	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 dusk	case
17	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	participle		all way		the city streets	dusk	by palace guards; to her small hut	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to hut=Destination

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