Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 48: N…

Which of the following accurately describes the action by which Noureddin's servant, Sangiar, assisted the fugitives?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: servant · What happens: follow, describe, assist · To what, where: action, fugitives

This is exam question 1 of lesson 208 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 48: Noureddin flees to Bagdad, and an old doorkeeper is tempted into drinking wine in the Caliph's pavilion» 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 action	det
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 assisted	obl
11	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 servant	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Noureddin	case
13	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 assisted	nsubj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Sangiar	punct
15	Sangiar	Sangiar	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 servant	appos
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 servant	punct
17	assisted	assist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 action	acl:relcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 fugitives	det
19	fugitives	fugitive	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 assisted	obj
20	?	?	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 action	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme
3	assist	past	Noureddin's servant	the fugitives	by the action	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fugitive=Beneficiary

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 · ✓ the right answer

He hastened to warn Noureddin, enabling the flight to Bagdad

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 hastened	nsubj
2	hastened	hasten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 warn	mark
4	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hastened	advcl
5	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 warn	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 enabling	punct
7	enabling	enable	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 hastened	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 flight	det
9	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 enabling	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Bagdad	case
11	Bagdad	Bagdad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 enabling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	hasten	past	He			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive	He not said here		Noureddin	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent noureddin=Recipient
3	enable	gerund	He not said here	the flight	Bagdad	tree rules

Option 2

He guarded the gate

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 guarded	nsubj
2	guarded	guard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gate	det
4	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guarded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guard	past	He	the gate					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary

Option 3

He warned the king's captain, which let Noureddin hide the slave in the cellar

The tree, 15 words

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 warned	nsubj
2	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 captain	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 king	case
6	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warned	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 let	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 let	nsubj
9	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 captain	acl:relcl
10	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 hide	nsubj
11	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 let	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 slave	det
13	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hide	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 cellar	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cellar	det
16	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	past	He	the king's captain		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent captain=Recipient
2	let	past	the king's captain			tree rules
3	hide	infinitive	Noureddin	the slave	the cellar	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent slave=Patient in cellar=Location

Option 4

He betrayed Noureddin to the king's captain, which led to the arrest

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 betrayed	nsubj
2	betrayed	betray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 betrayed	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 captain	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 captain	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 king	case
8	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 betrayed	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 led	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 led	nsubj
11	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 captain	acl:relcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 arrest	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 arrest	det
14	arrest	arrest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 led	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	betray	past	He	Noureddin				to the king's captain	tree rules
2	lead	past	the king's captain					to the arrest	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to arrest=Patient

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