Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 44: the oli…
Upon what grounds did the captain return to the Ebony Island to recover the prince?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: ground, do, recover · To what, where: captain return, prince
This is exam question 3 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 | Upon | upon | SCONJ | _ | 3 grounds | mark |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 grounds | nsubj |
| 3 | grounds | ground | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 grounds | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 return | det |
| 6 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 return | compound |
| 7 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 Island | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Island | det |
| 10 | Ebony | Ebony | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Island | compound |
| 11 | Island | Island | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 return | nmod |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 recover | mark |
| 13 | recover | recover | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 did | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 prince | det |
| 15 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 recover | obj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 grounds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ground | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | do | past | the captain return | to the Ebony Island | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent return=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | recover | to-infinitive | the prince | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Upon the princess's command that he be brought as her debtor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upon | upon | ADP | _ | 5 command | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 princess | det |
| 3 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 command | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 princess | case |
| 5 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 brought | nsubj |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 brought | aux:pass |
| 9 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 command | acl:relcl |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 debtor | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 debtor | nmod:poss |
| 12 | debtor | debtor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 brought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | infinitive · passive | the princess's command | as princess's debtor | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | command | the princess | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Upon the princess's command that he be brought back to her palace as her debtor, to be questioned
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upon | upon | ADP | _ | 5 command | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 princess | det |
| 3 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 command | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 princess | case |
| 5 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 brought | obl |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 brought | nsubj |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 brought | aux:pass |
| 9 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 brought | advmod |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 palace | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 palace | nmod:poss |
| 13 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 brought | obl |
| 14 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 debtor | case |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 debtor | nmod:poss |
| 16 | debtor | debtor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 palace | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 questioned | punct |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 questioned | mark |
| 19 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 20 questioned | aux:pass |
| 20 | questioned | question | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 brought | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring back | infinitive · passive | that | princess's palace as princess's debtor | upon the princess's command | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to palace=Destination | |||
| 2 | question speech: other | to-infinitive · passive | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP» | ||||||
| 3 | command | the princess | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Because the king had ordered him to return
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 ordered | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ordered | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 ordered | aux |
| 5 | ordered | order | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ordered | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 return | mark |
| 8 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 ordered | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past · perfect | the king | him = he | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | return not said to happen | to-infinitive | the king not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Upon the princess's command that he be seized as her debtor, which the captain was reluctant to obey
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upon | upon | ADP | _ | 5 command | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 princess | det |
| 3 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 command | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 princess | case |
| 5 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 seized | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 seized | nsubj |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 seized | aux:pass |
| 9 | seized | seize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 command | acl:relcl |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 debtor | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 debtor | nmod:poss |
| 12 | debtor | debtor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seized | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 reluctant | punct |
| 14 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 reluctant | nsubj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 captain | det |
| 16 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 reluctant | nsubj |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 reluctant | cop |
| 18 | reluctant | reluctant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 debtor | conj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 obey | mark |
| 20 | obey | obey | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 reluctant | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seize | infinitive · passive | the princess's command | as princess's debtor | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | past | princess's debtor | reluctant property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | obey | to-infinitive | princess's debtor not said here | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | command | the princess | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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