Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura: the princess rev…

Which character, by her own decision, withheld her identity from Camaralzaman for a prolonged interval, and for what stated reason?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: character, her · What happens: withhold, prolong, state, decide · To what, where: identity, Camaralzaman, reason

This is exam question 1 of lesson 205 «Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura: the princess reveals herself, and the prince is made king and married» 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 character	det
2	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 withheld	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 decision	punct
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 decision	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 decision	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 decision	amod
7	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 character	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 character	punct
9	withheld	withhold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 identity	nmod:poss
11	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 withheld	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 Camaralzaman	case
13	Camaralzaman	Camaralzaman	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 withheld	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	17 interval	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 interval	det
16	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 interval	amod
17	interval	interval	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 withheld	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 stated	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 stated	cc
20	for	for	SCONJ	_	22 stated	mark
21	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 stated	nsubj
22	stated	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 withheld	parataxis
23	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 stated	obj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 withheld	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	withhold	past	which character and her own decision	her identity	Camaralzaman	for a prolonged interval	tree rules
2	prolong	participle					vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
3	state speech: other	past		reason			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
4	decide		her = she				nom decision «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

Princess Badoura, who judged that it was wiser to hide the truth from the prince for a while longer

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Badoura	nmod:desc
2	Badoura	Badoura	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 judged	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 judged	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 judged	nsubj
5	judged	judge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 wiser	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wiser	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 wiser	cop
9	wiser	wise	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 judged	xcomp
10	to	to	PART	_	11 hide	mark
11	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 wiser	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 truth	det
13	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hide	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 prince	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 prince	det
16	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hide	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 while	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 while	det
19	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hide	obl
20	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 hide	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	judge	past	Badoura Princess				vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	it			wise property	tree rules
3	hide	to-infinitive		the truth	while	from the prince; long property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent truth=Patient from prince=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Princess Badoura, who judged that it was better for them both that she should play her part a little longer

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	Badoura	Badoura	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Princess	appos
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 judged	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 judged	nsubj
5	judged	judge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Princess	conj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 better	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 better	expl
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 better	cop
9	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 judged	xcomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 better	obl
12	both	both	ADV	_	16 play	advmod
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 play	mark
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 play	nsubj
15	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 play	aux
16	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 judged	xcomp
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 part	nmod:poss
18	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 play	obj
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 little	det
20	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 longer	obl:unmarked
21	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 play	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	judge	past	Princess			vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	is	past	Princess not said here		for them = they; good property	tree rules
3	play	should	Badoura	Badoura's part	both, long property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme

Option 3

Princess Badoura, to keep the secret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Badoura	nmod:desc
2	Badoura	Badoura	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 keep	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 keep	punct
4	to	to	PART	_	5 keep	mark
5	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 secret	det
7	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive	Badoura Princess	the secret					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme

Option 4

Princess Haiatelnefous, who judged that it was wiser for them both that she should keep her silence a little longer

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 judged	nsubj
2	Haiatelnefous	Haiatelnefous	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Princess	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 judged	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 judged	nsubj
5	judged	judge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 wiser	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wiser	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 wiser	cop
9	wiser	wise	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 judged	xcomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wiser	obl
12	both	both	ADV	_	16 keep	advmod
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 keep	mark
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 keep	nsubj
15	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 keep	aux
16	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 judged	advcl
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 silence	nmod:poss
18	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 keep	obj
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 little	det
20	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 longer	obl:unmarked
21	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	judge	past	Princess			vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	it		for them = they; wise property	tree rules
3	keep	should	Princess	Princess's silence	both, long property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silence=Theme
4	silence		Princess			nom silence «state transitive»: poss=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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