Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman, part 38: Maimoune kis…

Describe the seven palaces constructed by the King of China for his daughter in order of their materials.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, construct, order · To what, where: seven palaces, order, materials

This is exam question 3 of lesson 198 «Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman, part 38: Maimoune kisses the sleeping prince, then a bet sends for the Chinese princess and a judge» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 palaces	det
3	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 palaces	nummod
4	palaces	palace	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Describe	obj
5	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 palaces	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 King	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 King	det
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 constructed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 China	case
10	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 King	nmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 daughter	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 daughter	nmod:poss
13	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 constructed	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 order	case
15	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 constructed	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 materials	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 materials	nmod:poss
18	materials	material	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 order	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the seven palaces			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent palace=Theme
2	construct	participle		the seven palaces not said here	order of palaces's materials	by the King of China; for China's daughter	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for daughter=Beneficiary
3	order			palaces's materials			nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

Crystal, gold, and silver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crystal	crystal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 gold	punct
3	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Crystal	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 silver	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 silver	cc
6	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Crystal	conj

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

Option 2

Rock crystal, bronze, iron, a plain copper, touchstone, silver, and pure gold

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crystal	compound
2	crystal	crystal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bronze	punct
4	bronze	bronze	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crystal	appos
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 iron	punct
6	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crystal	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 copper	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 copper	det
9	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 copper	amod
10	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crystal	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 touchstone	punct
12	touchstone	touchstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 copper	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 silver	punct
14	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 copper	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 gold	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 gold	cc
17	pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 gold	amod
18	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crystal	conj

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Rock crystal, bronze, steel, a more precious bronze, touchstone, silver, and solid gold

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crystal	compound
2	crystal	crystal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bronze	punct
4	bronze	bronze	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crystal	appos
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 steel	punct
6	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crystal	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bronze	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bronze	det
9	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 precious	advmod
10	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bronze	amod
11	bronze	bronze	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crystal	appos
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 touchstone	punct
13	touchstone	touchstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bronze	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 silver	punct
15	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bronze	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 gold	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 gold	cc
18	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 gold	amod
19	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crystal	conj

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

Option 4

Glass, tin, steel, iron, touchstone, silver, and polished gold

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tin	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Glass	punct
3	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 polished	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 steel	punct
5	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tin	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 iron	punct
7	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tin	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 touchstone	punct
9	touchstone	touchstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 iron	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 silver	punct
11	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 iron	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 polished	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 polished	cc
14	polished	polish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 polished	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	polish	past	Glass tin and steel and iron and touchstone and silver	gold					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent gold=Destination

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