Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 29: Sindbad float…

Which phrase shows that the king of Serendib refused Sindbad's riches?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: phrase, king · What happens: show, refuse · To what, where: riches · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 189 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 29: Sindbad floats out of a dark underground river and is welcomed in Serendib» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 refused	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 refused	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Serendib	case
8	Serendib	Serendib	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 king	nmod
9	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shows	ccomp
10	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 riches	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Sindbad	case
12	riches	rich	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 refused	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	which phrase						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	refuse	past	the king of Serendib	Sindbad's riches					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rich=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

"Take your riches back to Baghdad now"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Take	punct
2	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 riches	nmod:poss
4	riches	rich	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Take	obj
5	back	back	ADV	_	2 Take	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Baghdad	case
7	Baghdad	Baghdad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 back	obl
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 Take	advmod
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take in a quote	imperative	you not said here	your riches			now		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rich=Theme

Option 2

"Keep your riches"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Keep	punct
2	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 riches	nmod:poss
4	riches	rich	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Keep	obj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep in a quote	imperative	you not said here	your riches					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rich=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

"Heaven forbid that I should covet your riches"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 forbid	punct
2	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 forbid	nsubj
3	forbid	forbid	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 covet	mark
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 covet	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 covet	aux
7	covet	covet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forbid	advcl
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 riches	nmod:poss
9	riches	rich	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 covet	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 forbid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid in a quote	infinitive	Heaven						vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
2	covet in a quote	should	I	your riches					vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot rich=Theme

Option 4

"I will gladly accept all your great treasure"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 accept	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 accept	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 accept	aux
4	gladly	gladly	ADV	_	5 accept	advmod
5	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 treasure	det:predet
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 treasure	nmod:poss
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 treasure	amod
9	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 accept	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 accept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept in a quote	future	I	your great treasure				gladly property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme
2	treasure in a quote		your						nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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