Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Little Hunchback, part 31: Sindbad end…

Upon what grounds did the master attribute to Sindbad the special protection of Heaven?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: ground, do, protect · To what, where: master attribute, Heaven

This is exam question 2 of lesson 191 «Arabian Nights, The Little Hunchback, part 31: Sindbad ends his last voyage, and a hunchback dies at supper» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	grounds	ground	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 attribute	det
6	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attribute	compound
7	attribute	attribute	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 Sindbad	case
9	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 attribute	nmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 protection	det
11	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 protection	amod
12	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Heaven	case
14	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 protection	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ground	present			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past	the master attribute	to Sindbad	tree rules
3	protect		Heaven		nom protection «act 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

his escape from the wild elephants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 escape	nmod:poss
2	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 elephants	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 elephants	det
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 elephants	amod
6	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 escape	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape		his = he					from the wild elephants	nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=obl

Option 2

his escape from the wild elephants that guarded the valley

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 escape	nmod:poss
2	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guarded	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 elephants	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 elephants	det
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 elephants	amod
6	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 escape	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 guarded	nsubj
8	guarded	guard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 valley	det
10	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guarded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guard	past	his escape from the wild elephants	the valley					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent valley=Beneficiary
2	escape		his = he					from the wild elephants	nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=obl

Option 3

his escape from the wild elephants and the cruel valley king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 escape	nmod:poss
2	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 elephants	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 elephants	det
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 elephants	amod
6	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 escape	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 king	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
9	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 king	amod
10	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 king	compound
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 escape	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape		his = he					from the wild elephants	nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=obl

Option 4

his rescue from the cruel captain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 rescue	nmod:poss
2	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 captain	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 captain	det
5	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 captain	amod
6	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rescue	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue		his = he			the cruel captain			nom rescue «act transitive»: poss=agent from=place

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