Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 43: a king…

What is the significance of the talisman in the events of this part of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: significance · What happens: be

This is exam question 4 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 significance	det
4	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 talisman	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 talisman	det
7	talisman	talisman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 significance	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 events	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 events	det
10	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 talisman	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 part	case
12	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 part	det
13	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 events	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 narrative	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 narrative	det
16	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 part	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the significance of the talisman in the events of this part of the narrative						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 · ← Mova's choice

It is a gift from the king that binds the prince to the idolater town

The tree, 15 words

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	4 gift	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gift	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 gift	det
4	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 king	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gift	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 binds	nsubj
9	binds	bind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gift	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 prince	det
11	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 binds	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 town	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 town	det
14	idolater	idolater	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 town	compound
15	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 binds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a gift				from the king	tree rules
2	bind	present	a gift	the prince				to the idolater town	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient to town=Co-Patient

Option 2

It is the object that the princesses used to disguise themselves, and it was recovered by the gardener after the cave collapsed in the desert

The tree, 25 words

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	4 object	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 object	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 object	det
4	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 used	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princesses	det
7	princesses	princess	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 used	nsubj
8	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 object	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 disguise	mark
10	disguise	disguise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 used	xcomp
11	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 disguise	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 recovered	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 recovered	cc
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 recovered	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 recovered	aux:pass
16	recovered	recover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 object	acl
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 gardener	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 gardener	det
19	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 recovered	obl
20	after	after	ADP	_	22 cave	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 cave	det
22	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 recovered	obl
23	collapsed	collapse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 cave	acl
24	in	in	ADP	_	26 desert	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 desert	det
26	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 collapsed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the object			tree rules
2	use	past	the princesses	the object not said here			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent object=Theme clause=Eventuality
3	disguise	to-infinitive	the princesses not said here	princesses = princess			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme themselves=Destination
4	recover	past · passive	the gardener	object		after the cave	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
5	collapse	participle		the cave not said here	the desert		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It is a weapon the two birds use to defeat the killer in the final battle

The tree, 16 words

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	4 weapon	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 weapon	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 weapon	det
4	weapon	weapon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 birds	det
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 birds	nummod
7	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 use	nsubj
8	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 weapon	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 defeat	mark
10	defeat	defeat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 use	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 killer	det
12	killer	killer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 defeat	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 battle	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 battle	det
15	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 battle	amod
16	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 defeat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a weapon		tree rules
2	use	present	the two birds	a weapon not said here		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weapon=Patient
3	defeat	to-infinitive	the two birds not said here	the killer	the final battle	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is the object that caused many misfortunes and is recovered by the prince

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	4 object	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 object	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 object	det
4	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 caused	nsubj
6	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 object	acl:relcl
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 misfortunes	amod
8	misfortunes	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 caused	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 recovered	cc
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 recovered	aux:pass
11	recovered	recover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 caused	conj
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 prince	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 prince	det
14	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 recovered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the object	tree rules
2	cause	past	the object	many misfortunes	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition misfortune=Patient
3	recover	present · passive	the prince		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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