Exam question 1 · Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget…

Which of the following best describes the reason the Caliph and his Vizier cannot resume human form?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Caliph · What happens: follow, describe, not resume · To what, where: reason, human form

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1872 «Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget the magic word and spend a night in a haunted ruin» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Caliph	det
10	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 resume	nsubj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Vizier	cc
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 Vizier	nmod:poss
13	Vizier	Vizier	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Caliph	conj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 resume	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 resume	advmod
16	resume	resume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 reason	acl:relcl
17	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 form	amod
18	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 resume	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the reason	of the best	tree rules
3	not resume	can	the Caliph and his Vizier	human form		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Eventuality

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

They have forgotten the magic word Mutabor and the bowing sequence, and the laughing rule as well

The tree, 17 words

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	3 forgotten	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forgotten	aux
3	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 word	det
5	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	compound
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgotten	obj
7	Mutabor	Mutabor	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 word	appos
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sequence	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sequence	det
10	bowing	bowing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sequence	compound
11	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 rule	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 rule	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 rule	det
15	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 rule	amod
16	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgotten	parataxis
17	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	16 rule	advmod
18	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 as	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present · perfect	They	the magic word and the bowing sequence					tree rules
2	laugh	gerund							vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They have forgotten the magic word Mutabor and the bowing sequence

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	3 forgotten	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forgotten	aux
3	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 word	det
5	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	compound
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgotten	obj
7	Mutabor	Mutabor	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 word	appos
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sequence	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sequence	det
10	bowing	bowing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sequence	compound
11	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present · perfect	They	the magic word and the bowing sequence					tree rules

Option 3

They cannot remember the spell and the powder's place

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	4 remember	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 remember	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 remember	advmod
4	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spell	det
6	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remember	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 place	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 powder	det
9	powder	powder	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 place	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 powder	case
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remember	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not remember	can	They	the spell					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent spell=Theme

Option 4

They have lost their robes and the royal seal

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	3 lost	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 robes	nmod:poss
5	robes	robe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lost	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 seal	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 seal	det
8	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 seal	amod
9	seal	seal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 robes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present · perfect	They	their robes and the royal seal					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Eventuality

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