Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Tale of Prince Camaralzaman, part 39:…
Describe the advice offered by the prime minister to the sultan regarding the removal of the prince.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, offer, regard, remove · To what, where: advice, sultan, prince
This is exam question 4 of lesson 199 «Arabian Nights, The Tale of Prince Camaralzaman, part 39: the prince wakes beside the sleeping princess, and the king learns of the mystery» 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 | 3 advice | det |
| 3 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Describe | obj |
| 4 | offered | offer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 advice | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 minister | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 minister | det |
| 7 | prime | prime | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 minister | amod |
| 8 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 offered | obl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 sultan | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sultan | det |
| 11 | sultan | sultan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 offered | obl |
| 12 | regarding | regard | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 removal | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 removal | det |
| 14 | removal | removal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sultan | nmod |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 prince | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 prince | det |
| 17 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 removal | nmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Describe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | imperative | you not said here | the advice | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent advice=Theme | ||||
| 2 | offer | participle | the advice not said here | to the sultan regard the removal of the prince goal; by the prime minister | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to sultan=Goal | ||||
| 3 | regard | gerund | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | remove | the prince | nom removal «act 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 · ✓ the right answer
a move to a nearby island
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 move | det |
| 2 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 island | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 island | det |
| 5 | nearby | nearby | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 island | amod |
| 6 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 move | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
a move with the prince to a remote island far across the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 move | det |
| 2 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 prince | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 prince | det |
| 5 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 move | nmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 island | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 island | det |
| 8 | remote | remote | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 island | amod |
| 9 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 move | nmod |
| 10 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 13 sea | advmod |
| 11 | across | across | ADP | _ | 13 sea | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 sea | det |
| 13 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 move | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
to sell the prince as a slave to the genii
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to | to | PART | _ | 2 sell | mark |
| 2 | sell | sell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sell | obj |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 slave | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 slave | det |
| 7 | slave | slave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sell | obl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 genii | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 genii | det |
| 10 | genii | genii | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | to-infinitive | the prince | the genii | as a slave | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Theme to genii=Recipient |
Option 4
a trip to a nearby town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 trip | det |
| 2 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 town | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 town | det |
| 5 | nearby | nearby | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 town | amod |
| 6 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 trip | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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