Exam question 4 · Caravan Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 10: the owl's story,…

What was the eventual fate of the usurper's accomplice, the old magician, following the restoration of the Caliph?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eventual fate · What happens: be, follow · To what, where: eventual fate, restoration

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1873 «Caravan Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 10: the owl's story, the magic word, and the Caliph's new life» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 fate	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fate	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fate	det
4	eventual	eventual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fate	amod
5	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 accomplice	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 usurper	det
8	usurper	usurper	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 accomplice	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 usurper	case
10	accomplice	accomplice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fate	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 magician	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 magician	det
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 magician	amod
14	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 accomplice	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 following	punct
16	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 fate	acl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 restoration	det
18	restoration	restoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 following	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 Caliph	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Caliph	det
21	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 restoration	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 fate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the eventual fate				of the usurper's accomplice and the old magician	tree rules
2	follow	gerund	the eventual fate not said here	the restoration of the Caliph					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent restoration=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

He was hanged in the chamber where the Princess had lived as an owl, before all the court

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hanged	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hanged	aux:pass
3	hanged	hange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 chamber	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chamber	det
6	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hanged	obl
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 lived	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Princess	det
9	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 lived	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 lived	aux
11	lived	live	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 chamber	acl:relcl
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 owl	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 owl	det
14	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lived	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 court	punct
16	before	before	ADP	_	19 court	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 court	det:predet
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 court	det
19	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hanged	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hange	past · passive		He		the chamber			tree rules
2	live	past · perfect	the Princess					as a owl	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He was thrown into the river where the Princess had once bathed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thrown	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thrown	aux:pass
3	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 bathed	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Princess	det
9	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bathed	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 bathed	aux
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 bathed	advmod
12	bathed	bath	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 river	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · passive		He				into the river result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into river=Result
2	bath	past · perfect · passive		the Princess				once property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was hanged in the chamber where the Princess had lived as an owl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hanged	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hanged	aux:pass
3	hanged	hange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 chamber	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chamber	det
6	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hanged	obl
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 lived	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Princess	det
9	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 lived	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 lived	aux
11	lived	live	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 chamber	acl:relcl
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 owl	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 owl	det
14	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hange	past · passive		He		the chamber			tree rules
2	live	past · perfect	the Princess					as a owl	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He was beheaded in the square where the Princess had been shamed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 beheaded	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 beheaded	aux:pass
3	beheaded	behead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 square	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 square	det
6	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beheaded	obl
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 shamed	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Princess	det
9	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 shamed	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 shamed	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 shamed	aux:pass
12	shamed	shame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 square	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	behead	past · passive		He		the square			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	shame	past · perfect · passive		the Princess					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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