Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 44: the oli…

Which option correctly identifies the place where the prince first concealed the talisman?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: option, prince · What happens: identify, conceal · To what, where: place, talisman

This is exam question 1 of lesson 204 «Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 44: the olives hide the gold and the talisman, and the prince is carried off» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 option	det
2	option	option	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identifies	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 identifies	advmod
4	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 place	det
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identifies	obj
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 concealed	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concealed	nsubj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 concealed	advmod
11	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 place	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 talisman	det
13	talisman	talisman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concealed	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	present	which option	the place				correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent place=Theme
2	conceal	past	the prince	the talisman				first property	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talisman=Patient

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

Among the fifty jars, in the cellar of the old house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Among	among	ADP	_	4 jars	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 jars	det
3	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 jars	nummod
4	jars	jar	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cellar	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 cellar	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cellar	det
8	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jars	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 house	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 house	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 house	amod
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cellar	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Within a sealed jar kept beside the cottage door at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Within	within	ADP	_	4 jar	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 jar	det
3	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 jar	amod
4	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 jar	acl
6	beside	beside	ADP	_	9 door	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 door	det
8	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 door	compound
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 night	case
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal	participle							vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	keep	participle		a sealed jar not said here		the cottage door	night		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent beside door=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Within one of the fifty jars, which bore a distinguishing mark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Within	within	ADP	_	2 one	case
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 bore	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 jars	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 jars	det
5	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 jars	nummod
6	jars	jar	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 one	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bore	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 bore	nsubj
9	bore	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 mark	det
11	distinguishing	distinguishing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 mark	amod
12	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	past		a distinguishing mark				within one of the fifty jars	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Patient

Option 4

Within one of the fifty jars, which he had carefully wrapped in cloth and marked with a cross

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Within	within	ADP	_	2 one	case
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 jars	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 jars	det
5	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 jars	nummod
6	jars	jar	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 one	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wrapped	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 wrapped	nsubj:pass
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wrapped	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 wrapped	aux
11	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	12 wrapped	advmod
12	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 jars	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 cloth	case
14	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wrapped	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 marked	cc
16	marked	mark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 wrapped	conj
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 cross	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 cross	det
19	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 marked	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	past · perfect · passive		the fifty jars		cloth		carefully property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in cloth=Destination
2	mark	participle							vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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