Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 28: Sindbad outwi…

Identify the principal cause of the ship's misfortune on the sixth voyage, as stated in the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, state, cause · To what, where: principal cause, sixth voyage, narrative, misfortune

This is exam question 2 of lesson 188 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 28: Sindbad outwits the Old Man, grows rich, then is stranded on a cliff island» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cause	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cause	amod
4	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 misfortune	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ship	det
7	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 misfortune	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 ship	case
9	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	nmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 voyage	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 voyage	det
12	sixth	sixth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 voyage	amod
13	voyage	voyage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 stated	punct
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 stated	mark
16	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 narrative	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 narrative	det
19	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 stated	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal cause of the ship's misfortune	the sixth voyage	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent cause=Theme
2	state speech: other	participle	you not said here		the narrative	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	cause			the ship's misfortune		nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

A violent storm combined with a powerful current that drove the vessel off course onto a rocky shore

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 storm	det
2	violent	violent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 storm	amod
3	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	combined	combine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 storm	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 current	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 current	det
7	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 current	amod
8	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 combined	obl
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 drove	nsubj
10	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 current	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 vessel	det
12	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drove	obj
13	off	off	ADP	_	14 course	case
14	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drove	obl
15	onto	onto	ADP	_	18 shore	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 shore	det
17	rocky	rocky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 shore	amod
18	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	combine	participle		a violent storm not said here				with a powerful current	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with current=Co-Patient
2	drive	past	a powerful current	the vessel		a rocky shore		off course	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme off course=Destination onto shore=Initial_Location

Option 2

A dense fog and a hidden reef near the shore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fog	det
2	dense	dense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fog	amod
3	fog	fog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 reef	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reef	det
6	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reef	amod
7	reef	reef	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fog	conj
8	near	near	ADP	_	10 shore	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shore	det
10	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reef	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A strong wind that pushed the vessel onto the rocks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wind	det
2	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wind	amod
3	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 pushed	nsubj
5	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wind	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 vessel	det
7	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pushed	obj
8	onto	onto	ADP	_	10 rocks	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rocks	det
10	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pushed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	a strong wind	the vessel		the rocks			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme onto rock=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A sudden storm that wrecked the mast and swept the crew overboard onto a distant sandy island

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 storm	det
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 storm	amod
3	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wrecked	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 wrecked	nsubj
5	wrecked	wreck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mast	det
7	mast	mast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wrecked	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 swept	cc
9	swept	sweep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wrecked	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 crew	det
11	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 swept	obj
12	overboard	overboard	ADV	_	9 swept	advmod
13	onto	onto	ADP	_	17 island	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 island	det
15	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 island	amod
16	sandy	sandy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 island	amod
17	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 swept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wreck	past	a sudden storm	the mast					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mast=Patient
2	sweep	past	a sudden storm not said here	the crew		a distant sandy island		overboard property	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent crew=Theme onto island=Destination

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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