Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 48: N…

Identify the principal consequence of Saouy's conduct in the Persian's sale as recorded in this passage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Saouy · What happens: identify, record, conduct · To what, where: principal consequence, passage, sale

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consequence	amod
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 conduct	case
6	Saouy	Saouy	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 conduct	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Saouy	case
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	13 sale	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Persian	det
11	Persian	Persian	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 sale	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Persian	case
13	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conduct	nmod
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 recorded	mark
15	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 passage	case
17	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 passage	det
18	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 recorded	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal consequence of Saouy's conduct in the Persian's sale		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme
2	record	participle	you not said here		this passage	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in passage=Destination
3	conduct		Saouy		the Persian's sale	nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place

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 vizir was dragged from his horse and left bleeding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vizir	det
2	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dragged	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dragged	aux:pass
4	dragged	drag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 horse	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 horse	nmod:poss
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dragged	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 left	cc
9	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dragged	conj
10	bleeding	bleeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag	past · passive		the vizir				from his horse	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from horse=Initial_Location
2	leave	past		bleeding					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bleeding=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Noureddin was ordered arrested and his house destroyed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ordered	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ordered	aux:pass
3	ordered	order	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	arrested	arrest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ordered	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 destroyed	cc
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 house	nmod:poss
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 destroyed	nsubj
8	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ordered	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	order	past · passive		Noureddin	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	arrest not said to happen	participle	Noureddin not said here		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	destroy	past	Noureddin's house		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Noureddin was fined

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 fined	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fined	aux:pass
3	fined	fine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fine	past · passive		Noureddin					vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 4

The slave was freed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 slave	det
2	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 freed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 freed	aux:pass
4	freed	free	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	free	past · passive		the slave					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source

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