Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Hunchback, part 32: a dea…

Which character, having been struck by the purveyor, was found to be deceased upon examination by the same purveyor?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: purveyor, same purveyor · What happens: strike, find, decease · To what, where: character

This is exam question 1 of lesson 192 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Hunchback, part 32: a dead hunchback is passed from house to house, and three innocent men nearly hang» 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 character	det
2	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 found	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 struck	punct
4	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 struck	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 struck	aux:pass
6	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 character	acl:relcl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 purveyor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 purveyor	det
9	purveyor	purveyor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 struck	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 character	punct
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 found	aux:pass
12	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	to	to	PART	_	15 deceased	mark
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 deceased	aux:pass
15	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 found	xcomp
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 examination	case
17	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 deceased	obl
18	by	by	ADP	_	21 purveyor	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 purveyor	det
20	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 purveyor	amod
21	purveyor	purveyor	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 deceased	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	strike	gerund · perfect · passive	the purveyor	which character not said here		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	find	past · passive		which character		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme
3	decease	to-infinitive · passive	the same purveyor		upon examination	vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=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 merchant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 merchant	det
2	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2

The hunchback, who had been a private jester of the Sultan and was struck down in the dark street

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hunchback	det
2	hunchback	hunchback	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 struck	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 jester	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 jester	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 jester	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 jester	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 jester	det
8	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 jester	amod
9	jester	jester	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunchback	appos
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 Sultan	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Sultan	det
12	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 jester	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 Sultan	cc
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 struck	aux:pass
15	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
16	down	down	ADP	_	15 struck	compound:prt
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 street	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 street	det
19	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 street	amod
20	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past · perfect	the hunchback	a private jester				of the Sultan	tree rules
2	strike down	past · passive		the hunchback		the dark street			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The hunchback, who had been a private jester of the Sultan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hunchback	det
2	hunchback	hunchback	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 jester	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 jester	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 jester	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 jester	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 jester	det
8	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 jester	amod
9	jester	jester	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunchback	appos
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 Sultan	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Sultan	det
12	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 jester	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past · perfect	the hunchback	a private jester				of the Sultan	tree rules

Option 4

The purveyor's servant, who had been sent out to fetch the doctor and was later found dead in the square

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 purveyor	det
2	purveyor	purveyor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 servant	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 purveyor	case
4	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sent	nsubj:pass
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sent	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 sent	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 sent	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 sent	aux:pass
9	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 sent	compound:prt
11	to	to	PART	_	12 fetch	mark
12	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 sent	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 doctor	det
14	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fetch	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 found	cc
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 found	aux:pass
17	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	18 found	advmod
18	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 sent	conj
19	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 found	xcomp
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 square	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 square	det
22	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	send out	past · perfect · passive	the purveyor's servant			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	fetch	to-infinitive	the doctor			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doctor=Theme
3	find	past · passive		the square	dead, late property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»

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