Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman, part 42: a bird steal…
In what manner did the princess conceal the prince's absence from the company?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: princess, prince · What happens: do, conceal, absent · To what, where: manner, absence, company
This is exam question 4 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 manner | case |
| 2 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 3 manner | det |
| 3 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 princess | det |
| 6 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 conceal | nsubj |
| 7 | conceal | conceal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 did | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 prince | det |
| 9 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 absence | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 prince | case |
| 11 | absence | absence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 conceal | obj |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 company | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 company | det |
| 14 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 conceal | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | what manner | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | conceal | infinitive | the princess | the prince's absence | the company | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent absence=Patient from company=Beneficiary | |||
| 3 | absent | the prince | nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent |
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 · ✓ the right answer
by dressing in her husband's garments
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 dressing | mark |
| 2 | dressing | dress | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 garments | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 husband | nmod:poss |
| 5 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 garments | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 husband | case |
| 7 | garments | garment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 dressing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dress | gerund | her husband's garments | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
by sending a false letter abroad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 sending | mark |
| 2 | sending | send | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 letter | det |
| 4 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 letter | amod |
| 5 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sending | obj |
| 6 | abroad | abroad | ADV | _ | 2 sending | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | gerund | a false letter | abroad property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme |
Option 3
by having a wooden doll dressed as him and placed upon the throne
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 having | mark |
| 2 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 doll | det |
| 4 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 doll | amod |
| 5 | doll | doll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 having | obj |
| 6 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 doll | acl |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 dressed | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 placed | cc |
| 10 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 dressed | conj |
| 11 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 13 throne | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 throne | det |
| 13 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 placed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | a wooden doll | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doll=Patient | |||||
| 2 | dress | participle | a wooden doll not said here | as him = he | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | place | participle | the throne | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon throne=Destination |
Option 4
by sending servants to search the city while claiming he was ill in bed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 sending | mark |
| 2 | sending | send | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sending | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 search | mark |
| 5 | search | search | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 sending | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 city | det |
| 7 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 search | obj |
| 8 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 9 claiming | mark |
| 9 | claiming | claim | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 search | advcl |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 ill | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 ill | cop |
| 12 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 claiming | ccomp |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 bed | case |
| 14 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ill | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | gerund | servants | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme | |||||
| 2 | search | to-infinitive | the city | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent city=Location | |||||
| 3 | claim speech: other | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | is | past | he | bed | ill property | tree rules |
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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