Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman, part 42: a bird steal…

Upon what condition did the king consent to the journey?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: do · To what, where: king consent

This is exam question 2 of lesson 202 «Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman, part 42: a bird steals the talisman and Badoura takes her husband's place» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 consent	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consent	compound
7	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 journey	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 journey	det
10	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	condition	the king consent				to the journey	tree rules

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

that the princess be allowed to rule the court during the absence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 allowed	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 allowed	nsubj:pass
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 allowed	aux:pass
5	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 rule	mark
7	rule	rule	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 allowed	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 court	det
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rule	obj
10	during	during	ADP	_	12 absence	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 absence	det
12	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rule	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	infinitive · passive		the princess					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	rule not said to happen	to-infinitive	the princess not said here	the court			during the absence		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

that the stay should last one year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 last	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stay	det
3	stay	stay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 last	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 last	aux
5	last	last	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 year	nummod
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 last	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	last	should	the stay				year		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 3

that the queen should come too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 come	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 queen	det
3	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 come	aux
5	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	too	too	ADV	_	5 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	should	the queen						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

that the couple return home at once if any messenger should come

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 return	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 couple	det
3	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 return	nsubj
4	return	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 return	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 return	obl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 come	mark
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 messenger	det
10	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 come	nsubj
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 come	aux
12	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 return	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	the couple					home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come a condition, not said to happen	should	any messenger						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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