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

Which of the following describes the reason Marzavan's vessel was lost near the capital?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason · What happens: follow, describe, lose · To what, where: reason, vessel, capital

This is exam question 2 of lesson 200 «Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman and Princess Badoura, part 40: Marzavan's ship sinks near the palace, and he gives the sick prince new hope» 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 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reason	det
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	Marzavan	Marzavan	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 vessel	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Marzavan	case
10	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lost	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 lost	aux:pass
12	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 reason	acl:relcl
13	near	near	ADP	_	15 capital	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 capital	det
15	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lost	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	lose	past · passive	the reason not said here	Marzavan's vessel	the capital	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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 driven by a storm onto the coast

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 driven	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 driven	aux:pass
3	driven	drive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 storm	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 storm	det
6	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 driven	obl
7	onto	onto	ADP	_	9 coast	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 coast	det
9	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 driven	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	past · passive	a storm	It		the coast			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme onto coast=Trajectory

Option 2

A storm sank it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sank	nsubj
3	sank	sink	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 sank	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	past	a storm	it					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It struck a rock within sight of the palace

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	2 struck	nsubj
2	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rock	det
4	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obj
5	within	within	ADP	_	6 sight	case
6	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 palace	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 palace	det
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sight	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	It	a rock				within sight of the palace	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Patient
2	sight			the palace					nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A sudden gale wrecked it on the sands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 gale	det
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gale	amod
3	gale	gale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wrecked	nsubj
4	wrecked	wreck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wrecked	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 sands	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sands	det
8	sands	sand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wrecked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wreck	past	a sudden gale	it		the sands			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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