Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badou…

Evaluate the justification offered by the prince for his reluctance to contract marriage, as expressed in his conversation with the Sultana Fatima.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, his · What happens: evaluate, offer, contract, express, converse · To what, where: justification, marriage, conversation

This is exam question 3 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	Evaluate	evaluate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 justification	det
3	justification	justification	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Evaluate	obj
4	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 justification	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 prince	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 prince	det
7	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offered	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 reluctance	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 reluctance	nmod:poss
10	reluctance	reluctance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Evaluate	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 contract	mark
12	contract	contract	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Evaluate	advcl
13	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 contract	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 expressed	punct
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 expressed	mark
16	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 contract	conj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 conversation	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 conversation	nmod:poss
19	conversation	conversation	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 expressed	obl
20	with	with	ADP	_	23 Fatima	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Fatima	det
22	Sultana	Sultana	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Fatima	compound
23	Fatima	Fatima	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 conversation	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Evaluate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	evaluate	imperative	you not said here	the justification		for his reluctance	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent justification=Theme for reluctance=Attribute
2	offer	participle		the justification not said here		by the prince	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	contract	to-infinitive	you not said here	marriage			vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent marriage=Patient
4	express	participle	you not said here		his conversation with the Sultana Fatima		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	converse		his = he			with the Sultana Fatima	nom conversation «communication intransitive»: poss=agent with=obl

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

He objects to marrying an unknown woman chosen without his knowledge or consent

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 objects	nsubj
2	objects	object	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	SCONJ	_	4 marrying	mark
4	marrying	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 objects	advcl
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 woman	det
6	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 woman	amod
7	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 marrying	obj
8	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 woman	acl
9	without	without	ADP	_	11 knowledge	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 knowledge	nmod:poss
11	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 marrying	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 consent	cc
13	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 knowledge	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	object speech: other	present	He			vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	marry	gerund	He not said here	a unknown woman	without his knowledge or consent	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Patient
3	choose	participle		a unknown woman not said here		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He objects to marrying an unknown woman chosen without his knowledge or consent, as his mother had already warned him against the match

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	2 objects	nsubj
2	objects	object	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	SCONJ	_	4 marrying	mark
4	marrying	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 objects	advcl
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 woman	det
6	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 woman	amod
7	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 marrying	obj
8	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 woman	acl
9	without	without	ADP	_	11 knowledge	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 knowledge	nmod:poss
11	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chosen	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 consent	cc
13	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 knowledge	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 warned	punct
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 had	mark
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 mother	nmod:poss
17	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 had	nsubj
18	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 warned	advcl
19	already	already	ADV	_	20 warned	advmod
20	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 objects	conj
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 warned	obj
22	against	against	ADP	_	24 match	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 match	det
24	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 warned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	object speech: other	present	He				vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	marry	gerund	He not said here	a unknown woman			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Patient
3	choose	participle		a unknown woman not said here		without his knowledge or consent	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	have	past	his mother				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	warn speech: warn	past	He not said here		him = he	against the match	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient against match=Topic

Option 3

He resents the idea of any marriage at all, since his books matter more

The tree, 14 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	2 resents	nsubj
2	resents	resent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 idea	det
4	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 resents	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 marriage	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 marriage	det
7	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 idea	nmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 resents	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 matter	punct
11	since	since	SCONJ	_	14 matter	mark
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 books	nmod:poss
13	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 matter	nsubj
14	matter	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 resents	conj
15	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 matter	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resent	present	He	the idea of any marriage		all			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer idea=Stimulus
2	matter	present	his books						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

He thinks marriage is a waste of time for princes of his rank

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 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waste	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 waste	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 waste	det
6	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thinks	ccomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 time	case
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waste	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 princes	case
10	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 time	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 rank	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 rank	nmod:poss
13	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 princes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	marriage	a waste			time		tree rules

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