Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Hunchback, part 32: a dea…

In what manner did the chief of police respond to the merchant's claim that he had been attacked by a thief?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: police, thief, merchant · What happens: do, respond, attack, claim · To what, where: chief, manner, claim, he

This is exam question 2 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chief	det
6	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 police	case
8	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 respond	nsubj
9	respond	respond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 chief	acl:relcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	14 claim	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 merchant	det
12	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 claim	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 merchant	case
14	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 respond	obl
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 attacked	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 attacked	nsubj:pass
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 attacked	aux
18	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 attacked	aux:pass
19	attacked	attack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 claim	acl
20	by	by	ADP	_	22 thief	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 thief	det
22	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 attacked	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	do	past		the chief		what manner	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chief=Eventuality
2	respond speech: other	present	police	the chief not said here	the merchant's claim		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent chief=Topic to claim=Recipient
3	attack	past · perfect · passive	a thief	he			vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
4	claim		the merchant				nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

He laughed and dismissed the merchant's claim

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	2 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 dismissed	cc
4	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 merchant	det
6	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 claim	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 merchant	case
8	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dismissed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	laugh	past	He		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	dismiss	past	He not said here	the merchant's claim	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme
3	claim		the merchant		nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He arrested the merchant and held him until the judge could attend

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	2 arrested	nsubj
2	arrested	arrest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 merchant	det
4	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrested	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 held	cc
6	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 arrested	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 held	obj
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 attend	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 judge	det
10	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 attend	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 attend	aux
12	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 held	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	arrest	past	He	the merchant	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merchant=Patient
2	hold	past	He not said here	him = he	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	attend	could	the judge		vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He asked the merchant for proof of the attack

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	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 merchant	det
4	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 proof	case
6	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 attack	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 attack	det
9	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proof	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He	the merchant				for proof of the attack	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent merchant=Recipient
2	proof			the attack					nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

He demanded a full confession from the merchant

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	2 demanded	nsubj
2	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 confession	det
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 confession	amod
5	confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demanded	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 merchant	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 merchant	det
8	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demanded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	past	He	a full confession		the merchant			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Theme confession=Precondition from merchant=Source

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