Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Alnaschar, part 34: the broken glass, the…

Which of the following best describes the sequence of events by which Alnaschar is deprived of his gold and cast into the vault?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: events · What happens: follow, describe, deprive, cast · To what, where: sequence, Alnaschar, vault

This is exam question 1 of lesson 194 «Arabian Nights, Alnaschar, part 34: the broken glass, the gold, and the trap below the house» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sequence	det
8	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 events	case
10	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sequence	nmod
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 deprived	obl
13	Alnaschar	Alnaschar	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 deprived	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 deprived	aux:pass
15	deprived	deprive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 events	acl:relcl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 gold	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 gold	nmod:poss
18	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 deprived	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 cast	cc
20	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 deprived	conj
21	into	into	ADP	_	23 vault	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 vault	det
23	vault	vault	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 cast	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the sequence of events		of the best	tree rules
3	deprive	present · passive	events	Alnaschar		of Alnaschar's gold	vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Source of gold=Theme
4	cast	participle	events not said here		the vault		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into vault=Product

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 is cut by the black slave, salted by the Greek slave, and robbed by the old woman

The tree, 18 words

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	3 cut	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cut	aux:pass
3	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 slave	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 slave	det
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 slave	amod
7	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 salted	punct
9	salted	salt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cut	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 slave	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 slave	det
12	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 slave	amod
13	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 salted	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 robbed	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 robbed	cc
16	robbed	rob	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cut	conj
17	by	by	ADP	_	20 woman	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 woman	det
19	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 woman	amod
20	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 robbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cut	present · passive	the black slave	He		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product
2	salt	participle	the black slave not said here		by the Greek slave	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
3	rob	participle	the black slave not said here		by the old woman	vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He is beaten by the lady's servant, salted by the old woman, and dragged through the vault door

The tree, 19 words

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	3 beaten	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 beaten	aux:pass
3	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 servant	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lady	det
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 servant	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 lady	case
8	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beaten	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 salted	punct
10	salted	salt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 beaten	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 woman	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 woman	det
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 woman	amod
14	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 salted	obl:agent
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 dragged	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 dragged	cc
17	dragged	drag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 beaten	conj
18	through	through	ADP	_	21 door	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 door	det
20	vault	vault	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 door	compound
21	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 dragged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	beat	present · passive	the lady's servant	He		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme
2	salt	participle	the lady's servant not said here			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
3	drag	participle	the lady's servant not said here		the vault door	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through door=Location

Option 3

He is cut by the black slave, then salted by the Greek slave, and finally dropped by the old woman through the door

The tree, 23 words

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	3 cut	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cut	aux:pass
3	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 slave	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 slave	det
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 slave	amod
7	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 salted	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 salted	advmod
10	salted	salt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cut	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 slave	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 slave	det
13	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 slave	amod
14	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 salted	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 dropped	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 dropped	cc
17	finally	finally	ADV	_	18 dropped	advmod
18	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cut	conj
19	by	by	ADP	_	22 woman	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 woman	det
21	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 woman	amod
22	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dropped	obl
23	through	through	ADP	_	25 door	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 door	det
25	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	present · passive	the black slave	He				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product
2	salt	participle	the black slave not said here			then	by the Greek slave	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
3	drop	participle	the black slave not said here		the door		by the old woman; finally property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent by woman=Destination through door=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He is robbed by the black slave, salted by the Greek slave, and thrown through the trapdoor by the old woman

The tree, 21 words

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	3 robbed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 robbed	aux:pass
3	robbed	rob	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 slave	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 slave	det
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 slave	amod
7	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 robbed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 salted	punct
9	salted	salt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 robbed	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 slave	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 slave	det
12	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 slave	amod
13	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 salted	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 thrown	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 thrown	cc
16	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 robbed	conj
17	through	through	ADP	_	19 trapdoor	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 trapdoor	det
19	trapdoor	trapdoor	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 thrown	obl
20	by	by	ADP	_	23 woman	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 woman	det
22	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 woman	amod
23	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	rob	present · passive	the black slave	He			vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Source
2	salt	participle	the black slave not said here			by the Greek slave	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
3	throw	participle	the black slave not said here		the trapdoor	by the old woman	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent through trapdoor=Destination

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