Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura: the princess rev…
What was the outcome of the princess's request to King Armanos regarding his daughter and the prince?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess · What happens: be, regard, request · To what, where: outcome
This is exam question 3 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 outcome | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 outcome | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 outcome | det |
| 4 | outcome | outcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 request | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 princess | det |
| 7 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 request | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 princess | case |
| 9 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 outcome | nmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 King | case |
| 11 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 request | nmod |
| 12 | Armanos | Armanos | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 King | flat |
| 13 | regarding | regard | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 daughter | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 15 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 request | nmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 prince | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 prince | det |
| 18 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 daughter | conj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 outcome | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the outcome | of the princess's request to King regard King's daughter and the prince | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | regard | gerund | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | request | the princess | to King; regard King's daughter and the prince | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl regard=obl |
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 prince became a king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 became | nsubj |
| 3 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 became | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past | the prince | a king | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He was made a vizir
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 | 3 made | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 vizir | det |
| 5 | vizir | vizir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | He | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary vizir=Product |
Option 3
The prince was named royal steward and wed to the daughter of a rich merchant
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 named | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 named | aux:pass |
| 4 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 steward | amod |
| 6 | steward | steward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 named | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 wed | cc |
| 8 | wed | wed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 steward | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 daughter | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 daughter | det |
| 11 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 steward | nmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 merchant | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 merchant | det |
| 14 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 merchant | amod |
| 15 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 daughter | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | name | past · passive | the prince | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme steward=Attribute |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The prince was proclaimed king and married to the Princess Haiatelnefous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 proclaimed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 proclaimed | aux:pass |
| 4 | proclaimed | proclaim | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 proclaimed | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 married | cc |
| 7 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 proclaimed | conj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 Haiatelnefous | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Haiatelnefous | det |
| 10 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Haiatelnefous | compound |
| 11 | Haiatelnefous | Haiatelnefous | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 married | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | proclaim | past · passive | the prince | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme king=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | marry | participle | to the Princess Haiatelnefous | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent to haiatelnefous=Co-Patient |
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