Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Princess Gulizar, part 37: a poisoned…

On what grounds did the princess chastise the old woman?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: grounds, princess · What happens: do, chastise · To what, where: old woman

This is exam question 2 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	On	on	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chastise	nsubj
7	chastise	chastise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 woman	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 woman	amod
10	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chastise	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	grounds						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	chastise	present	the princess	the old woman					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Theme

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

For disclosing the arrival of the strangers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	SCONJ	_	2 disclosing	mark
2	disclosing	disclose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 arrival	det
4	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disclosing	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 strangers	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 strangers	det
7	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 arrival	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disclose	gerund		the arrival of the strangers					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot arrival=Topic
2	arrive		the strangers						nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

For warning the strangers about the palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	SCONJ	_	2 warning	mark
2	warning	warn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 strangers	det
4	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 warning	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 palace	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 palace	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strangers	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	gerund		the strangers				about the palace	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent stranger=Recipient about palace=Topic

Option 3

For revealing the strangers' arrival to the whole palace court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	SCONJ	_	2 revealing	mark
2	revealing	reveal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 strangers	det
4	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 arrival	nmod:poss
5	'	's	PART	_	4 strangers	case
6	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 revealing	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 court	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 court	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 court	amod
10	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 court	compound
11	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 revealing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reveal	gerund		the strangers's arrival	the whole palace court				vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent arrival=Topic to court=Recipient
2	arrive		the strangers						nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

For spying on the foreign visitors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	SCONJ	_	2 spying	mark
2	spying	spy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 visitors	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 visitors	det
5	foreign	foreign	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 visitors	amod
6	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 spying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spy	gerund						on the foreign visitors	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

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