Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badou…

Identify the principal function of the grand-vizir within the narrative, with particular reference to the king's successive dilemmas concerning succession.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, successive dilemmas · What happens: identify, concern · To what, where: principal function, succession

This is exam question 2 of lesson 197 «Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badoura, part 37: the prince refuses to marry and is locked in a tower» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 vizir	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 vizir	det
7	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 vizir	amod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 grand	punct
9	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
10	within	within	ADP	_	12 narrative	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 narrative	det
12	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 reference	punct
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 reference	case
15	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 reference	amod
16	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
17	to	to	ADP	_	22 dilemmas	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 king	det
19	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 dilemmas	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 king	case
21	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 dilemmas	amod
22	dilemmas	dilemma	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 reference	nmod
23	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	22 dilemmas	acl
24	succession	succession	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 concerning	obj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal function of the grand vizir				within the narrative; with particular reference to the king's successive dilemmas	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme
2	concern	gerund	the king's successive dilemmas not said here	succession					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus succession=Experiencer

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

To counsel the king with measured advice on matters of heirs and marriage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 counsel	mark
2	counsel	counsel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 counsel	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 advice	case
6	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 advice	amod
7	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 counsel	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 matters	case
9	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 advice	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 heirs	case
11	heirs	heir	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 matters	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 marriage	cc
13	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 advice	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	counsel speech: other	to-infinitive		the king	with measured advice on matters of heirs and marriage	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient
2	measure	participle				vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
3	matter		heirs			nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

To advise the king on the treasury and the conduct of foreign wars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 advise	mark
2	advise	advise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 advise	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 treasury	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 treasury	det
7	treasury	treasury	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 advise	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 conduct	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 conduct	det
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 treasury	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 wars	case
12	foreign	foreign	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 wars	amod
13	wars	war	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 conduct	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	advise speech: other	to-infinitive			the king			on the treasury and the conduct of foreign wars	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent king=Recipient on treasury=Topic
2	conduct			foreign wars					nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

To manage the palace guards and the royal household accounts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 manage	mark
2	manage	manage	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 guards	det
4	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 guards	compound
5	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 manage	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 accounts	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 accounts	det
8	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 accounts	amod
9	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 accounts	compound
10	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 guards	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	manage	to-infinitive		the palace guards and the royal household accounts					vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Theme

Option 4

To counsel the king with measured advice on matters of heirs and marriage, while also governing the provinces and the army

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 counsel	mark
2	counsel	counsel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 counsel	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 advice	case
6	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 advice	amod
7	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 counsel	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 matters	case
9	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 advice	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 heirs	case
11	heirs	heir	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 matters	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 marriage	cc
13	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 heirs	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 governing	punct
15	while	while	SCONJ	_	17 governing	mark
16	also	also	ADV	_	17 governing	advmod
17	governing	govern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 counsel	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 provinces	det
19	provinces	province	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 governing	obj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 army	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 army	det
22	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 provinces	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	counsel speech: other	to-infinitive			the king	with measured advice on matters of heirs and marriage	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient
2	measure	participle					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
3	govern	gerund		the provinces and the army			vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent province=Theme
4	matter		heirs and marriage				nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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