Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 43: a king…
What is the nature of the discovery made by the prince in the garden, as recounted in the passage?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: nature · What happens: be, make, recount · To what, where: discovery, passage
This is exam question 2 of lesson 203 «Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 43: a king makes a stranger his heir, and a gardener's treasure is found» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 nature | det |
| 4 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 discovery | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 discovery | det |
| 7 | discovery | discovery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 nature | nmod |
| 8 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 discovery | acl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 prince | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 prince | det |
| 11 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 made | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 garden | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 garden | det |
| 14 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 prince | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 recounted | punct |
| 16 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 17 recounted | mark |
| 17 | recounted | recount | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 made | conj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 passage | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 passage | det |
| 20 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 recounted | obl |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the nature of the discovery | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make | participle | the discovery not said here | by the prince in the garden | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 3 | recount speech: other | participle | the passage | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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
He discovers a cave containing fifty bronze jars filled with gold dust
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 discovers | nsubj |
| 2 | discovers | discover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cave | det |
| 4 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 discovers | obj |
| 5 | containing | contain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 cave | acl |
| 6 | fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 jars | nummod |
| 7 | bronze | bronze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 jars | compound |
| 8 | jars | jar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 containing | obj |
| 9 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 jars | acl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 dust | case |
| 11 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 dust | compound |
| 12 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 filled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | discover | present | He | a cave | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Topic | ||||
| 2 | contain | gerund | a cave not said here | fifty bronze jars | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot jar=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fill | participle | fifty bronze jars not said here | with gold dust | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with dust=Instrument |
Option 2
He uncovers a well holding forty silver urns full of ancient coins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 uncovers | nsubj |
| 2 | uncovers | uncover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 uncovers | obj |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 uncovers | advmod |
| 5 | holding | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 urns | csubj |
| 6 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 silver | nummod |
| 7 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 holding | obj |
| 8 | urns | urn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 uncovers | parataxis |
| 9 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 urns | xcomp |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 coins | case |
| 11 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 coins | amod |
| 12 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 full | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uncover | present | He | a | well property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | hold | gerund | forty silver | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silver=Theme | |||||
| 3 | urn | present | holding | full property | tree rules |
Option 3
He discovers a temple with twenty statues carved from the old garden stone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 discovers | nsubj |
| 2 | discovers | discover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 temple | det |
| 4 | temple | temple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 discovers | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 statues | case |
| 6 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 statues | nummod |
| 7 | statues | statue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 temple | nmod |
| 8 | carved | carve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 statues | acl |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 stone | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 stone | det |
| 11 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 stone | amod |
| 12 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 stone | compound |
| 13 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 carved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | discover | present | He | a temple | with twenty statues | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temple=Topic | |||
| 2 | carve | participle | twenty statues not said here | the old garden stone | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
He discovers a tunnel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 discovers | nsubj |
| 2 | discovers | discover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 tunnel | det |
| 4 | tunnel | tunnel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 discovers | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | discover | present | He | a tunnel | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tunnel=Topic |
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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