Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman and Princess Badoura,…
Which of the following describes the effect of Marzavan's words upon the prince?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Marzavan · What happens: follow, describe, effect, word · To what, where: effect, words
This is exam question 4 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 effect | det |
| 7 | effect | effect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 describes | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 words | case |
| 9 | Marzavan | Marzavan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 words | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Marzavan | case |
| 11 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 effect | nmod |
| 12 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 14 prince | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 prince | det |
| 14 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 words | nmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | describe | present | the effect of Marzavan's words upon the prince | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent effect=Theme | |||||
| 3 | effect | Marzavan's words upon the prince | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 4 | word | Marzavan | upon the prince | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent upon=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
They roused him, restored his hope of recovery, and made him ask to see the stranger again at once
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 roused | nsubj |
| 2 | roused | rouse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 roused | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 restored | punct |
| 5 | restored | restore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 roused | conj |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 hope | nmod:poss |
| 7 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 restored | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 recovery | case |
| 9 | recovery | recovery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hope | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 made | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 made | cc |
| 12 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 roused | conj |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 made | obj |
| 14 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 made | xcomp |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 see | mark |
| 16 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 ask | xcomp |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 stranger | det |
| 18 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 see | obj |
| 19 | again | again | ADV | _ | 16 see | advmod |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 once | case |
| 21 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 16 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rouse | past | They | him = he | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 2 | restore | past | They not said here | his hope of recovery | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent hope=Theme | ||||
| 3 | make | past | They not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | him = he not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | him = he not said here | the stranger | again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stranger=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | hope | recovery | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 2
They confused him but gave him some comfort
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 confused | nsubj |
| 2 | confused | confuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 confused | obj |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 gave | cc |
| 5 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 confused | conj |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gave | iobj |
| 7 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 comfort | det |
| 8 | comfort | comfort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confuse | past | They | him = he | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 2 | give | past | They not said here | some comfort | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient comfort=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
They roused him and restored his hope of recovery
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 roused | nsubj |
| 2 | roused | rouse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 roused | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 restored | cc |
| 5 | restored | restore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 roused | conj |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 hope | nmod:poss |
| 7 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 restored | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 recovery | case |
| 9 | recovery | recovery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hope | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rouse | past | They | him = he | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 2 | restore | past | They not said here | his hope of recovery | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent hope=Theme | ||||
| 3 | hope | recovery | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 4
They frightened him and made his fever worse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 frightened | nsubj |
| 2 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 frightened | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 made | cc |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 frightened | conj |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 fever | nmod:poss |
| 7 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | obj |
| 8 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 made | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frighten | past | They | him = he | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | make | past | They not said here | his fever | bad property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fever=Product |
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