Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 44: the oli…

Which of the following accurately describes the prince's response to the captain's abduction?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: captain · What happens: follow, describe, abduct · To what, where: response

This is exam question 4 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prince	det
8	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 response	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 prince	case
10	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	15 abduction	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 captain	det
13	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 abduction	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 captain	case
15	abduction	abduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 response	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the prince's response	to the captain's abduction; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent response=Theme to abduction=be'
3	abduct		the captain			nom abduction «act 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

He protested

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 protested	nsubj
2	protested	protest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protest speech: disagree	past	He						vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He denied owing anything to the royal treasury at all

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 denied	nsubj
2	denied	deny	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	owing	owe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 denied	xcomp
4	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 owing	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 treasury	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 treasury	det
7	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 treasury	amod
8	treasury	treasury	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 owing	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 treasury	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deny	past	He						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	owe	gerund	He not said here	anything				to the royal treasury at all goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent anything=Theme to treasury=Goal

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He protested that he had never heard of the king before

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 protested	nsubj
2	protested	protest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 heard	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 heard	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 heard	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 heard	advmod
7	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 protested	ccomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 king	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heard	obl
11	before	before	ADV	_	7 heard	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protest speech: disagree	past	He						tree rules
2	not hear	past · perfect	he					of the king; before property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of king=Stimulus

Option 4

He insisted he knew nothing of the captain

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 insisted	nsubj
2	insisted	insist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knew	nsubj
4	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 insisted	ccomp
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 knew	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 captain	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 captain	det
8	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nothing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insist speech: other	past	He						vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	know	past	he	nothing					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus

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