Exam question 2 · Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget…

Which of the following accurately identifies the object of the storks' pilgrimage to Medina?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, identify · To what, where: object

This is exam question 2 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 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 identifies	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 object	det
8	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 pilgrimage	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 storks	det
11	storks	stork	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 pilgrimage	nmod:poss
12	'	's	PART	_	11 storks	case
13	pilgrimage	pilgrimage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 object	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 Medina	case
15	Medina	Medina	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 pilgrimage	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the object of the storks's pilgrimage to Medina				accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=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

A holy market in Medina, where the spell might be sold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 market	det
2	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 market	amod
3	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Medina	case
5	Medina	Medina	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 market	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sold	punct
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 sold	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 spell	det
9	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sold	nsubj:pass
10	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 sold	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 sold	aux:pass
12	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 market	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	might · passive		the spell					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The shrine of the Prophet, in the hope that the spell may be broken

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shrine	det
2	shrine	shrine	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 broken	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Prophet	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Prophet	det
5	Prophet	Prophet	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shrine	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hope	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 hope	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hope	det
9	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shrine	conj
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 spell	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 spell	det
12	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hope	nmod
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 broken	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 broken	aux:pass
15	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	may · passive		the shrine of the Prophet and the hope the spell					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A famous palace garden, in the hope of a cure from the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 garden	det
2	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 garden	amod
3	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 garden	compound
4	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hope	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 hope	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hope	det
8	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 garden	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 cure	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cure	det
11	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hope	nmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 king	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 king	det
14	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hope		a cure from the king						nom hope «feeling intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The tomb of the Prophet, in the hope that the spell may be broken

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tomb	det
2	tomb	tomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 broken	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Prophet	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Prophet	det
5	Prophet	Prophet	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 tomb	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hope	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 hope	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hope	det
9	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tomb	conj
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 spell	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 spell	det
12	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hope	nmod
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 broken	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 broken	aux:pass
15	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	may · passive		the tomb of the Prophet and the hope the spell					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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