Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Hunchback, part 36: a hung…

Which of the following accounts for the reason the hunchback's body was moved to the street?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, move · To what, where: body, street

This is exam question 2 of lesson 196 «Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Hunchback, part 36: a hungry brother eats an imaginary feast, and the barber revives the dead hunchback» 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	5 accounts	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 accounts	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 accounts	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 accounts	amod
5	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 reason	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 accounts	nmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hunchback	det
10	hunchback	hunchback	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 body	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 hunchback	case
12	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 moved	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 moved	aux:pass
14	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 accounts	acl:relcl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 street	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 street	det
17	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 moved	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 accounts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	move	past · passive		the hunchback's body		the street			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to street=Trajectory

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

It was carried from house to house by the men who feared that the city's judges would blame them for the unexplained death.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carried	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 house	case
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 house	case
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 men	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 men	det
10	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	obl
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 feared	nsubj
12	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 men	acl:relcl
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 blame	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 city	det
15	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 judges	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 city	case
17	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 blame	nsubj
18	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 blame	aux
19	blame	blame	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 feared	ccomp
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 blame	obj
21	for	for	ADP	_	24 death	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 death	det
23	unexplained	unexplained	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 death	amod
24	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 blame	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	carry	past · passive	the men	It	house	to house	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from house=Initial_Location to house=Destination
2	fear	past	the men				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	blame	would	the city's judges	men = man		for the unexplained death	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent they=Theme for death=Attribute

Option 2

They moved it to hide the death from the Caliph's guards.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 moved	nsubj
2	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 moved	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 hide	mark
5	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 moved	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 death	det
7	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hide	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	12 guards	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Caliph	det
10	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 guards	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Caliph	case
12	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hide	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 moved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	They	it					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	hide	to-infinitive	They not said here	the death		the Caliph's guards			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent death=Patient from guard=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It was passed from one household to another to conceal the death from suspicion.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 passed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 passed	aux:pass
3	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 household	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 household	nummod
6	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 passed	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 another	case
8	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	3 passed	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 conceal	mark
10	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 passed	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 death	det
12	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conceal	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 suspicion	case
14	suspicion	suspicion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conceal	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 passed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	past · passive		It		one household		to another	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme from household=Initial_Location to another=Destination
2	conceal	to-infinitive		the death		suspicion			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent death=Patient from suspicion=Beneficiary

Option 4

Each man carried it onward so the true cause of death stayed unknown to the watch.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	nsubj
3	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carried	obj
5	onward	onward	ADV	_	3 carried	advmod
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 stayed	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cause	det
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cause	amod
9	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stayed	nsubj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 death	case
11	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cause	nmod
12	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	advcl
13	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stayed	xcomp
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 watch	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 watch	det
16	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stayed	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	carry	past	each man	it	onward property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	stay	past	the true cause of death		to the watch; unknown property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	cause			death		nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient

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