Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Hunchback, part 32: a dea…

What was the sentence imposed upon the Christian merchant, as communicated by the chief of police to the criers?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, impose, communicate · To what, where: sentence

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 sentence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sentence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sentence	det
4	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sentence	acl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 merchant	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 merchant	det
8	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 merchant	amod
9	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 imposed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 communicated	punct
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 communicated	mark
12	communicated	communicate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sentence	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 chief	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 chief	det
15	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 communicated	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 police	case
17	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 chief	nmod
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 criers	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 criers	det
20	criers	crier	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 communicated	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 sentence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the sentence		tree rules
2	impose	participle	the sentence not said here	upon the Christian merchant	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	communicate	participle	the sentence not said here	by the chief of police; to the criers	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Execution by hanging in the public square for the killing of a Mussulman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Execution	execution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	by	by	SCONJ	_	3 hanging	mark
3	hanging	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Execution	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 square	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 square	det
6	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 square	amod
7	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hanging	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 killing	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 killing	det
10	killing	killing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hanging	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 Mussulman	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 Mussulman	det
13	Mussulman	Mussulman	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 killing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	gerund	Execution not said here			the public square		for the killing of a Mussulman	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in square=Location
2	kill			a Mussulman					nom killing «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Fine and exile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 exile	cc
3	exile	exile	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fine	conj

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

Option 3

A public whipping for striking a Mussulman in the street

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 whipping	det
2	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 whipping	amod
3	whipping	whipping	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 striking	mark
5	striking	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 whipping	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 Mussulman	det
7	Mussulman	Mussulman	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 striking	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 street	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 street	det
10	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 striking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	gerund	a public whipping not said here	a Mussulman		the street			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent mussulman=Instrument

Option 4

Confiscation of all wealth for the crime of murder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Confiscation	confiscation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 wealth	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 wealth	det
4	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Confiscation	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 crime	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crime	det
7	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Confiscation	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 murder	case
9	murder	murder	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 crime	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confiscate			all wealth				for the crime of murder	nom confiscation «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl
2	incriminate			murder					nom crime «act transitive»: of=patient

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