Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 48: N…

State the location within which Noureddin and the Persian were first received by Scheih Ibrahim.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Scheih Ibrahim · What happens: receive · To what, where: Noureddin

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 location	det
3	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	appos
4	within	within	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 received	obl
6	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 received	nsubj:pass
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Persian	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Persian	det
9	Persian	Persian	PROPN	_	6 Noureddin	conj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 received	aux:pass
11	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 received	advmod
12	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 location	acl:relcl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 Ibrahim	case
14	Scheih	Scheih	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Ibrahim	compound
15	Ibrahim	Ibrahim	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 received	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past · passive	Scheih Ibrahim	Noureddin and the Persian				within the location; first property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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

At the river gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	4 gate	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gate	det
3	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gate	compound
4	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Within the king's palace, in the great hall by the throne

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Within	within	ADP	_	5 palace	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 palace	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 king	case
5	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hall	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 hall	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hall	det
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hall	amod
10	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 palace	appos
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 throne	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 throne	det
13	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hall	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Within the Caliph's garden, beside the vestibule

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Within	within	ADP	_	5 garden	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Caliph	det
3	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 garden	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Caliph	case
5	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 garden	punct
7	beside	beside	ADP	_	9 vestibule	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 vestibule	det
9	vestibule	vestibule	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 garden	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Within the Caliph's garden, under a tree near the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Within	within	ADP	_	5 garden	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Caliph	det
3	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 garden	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Caliph	case
5	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 garden	punct
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 tree	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tree	det
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 garden	nmod
10	near	near	ADP	_	12 river	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 river	det
12	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tree	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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