Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 48: N…

Determine the precise manner in which the aged doorkeeper was induced to partake of the wine.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine, induce, partake · To what, where: precise manner, aged doorkeeper

This is exam question 4 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 manner	det
3	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 manner	amod
4	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 induced	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 doorkeeper	det
8	aged	aged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 doorkeeper	amod
9	doorkeeper	doorkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 induced	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 induced	aux:pass
11	induced	induce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 manner	acl:relcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 partake	mark
13	partake	partake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 induced	xcomp
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 wine	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wine	det
16	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 partake	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the precise manner			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Topic
2	induce	past · passive		the aged doorkeeper	the precise manner		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
3	partake	to-infinitive				of the wine	tree rules

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

She forced him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forced	nsubj
2	forced	force	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forced	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	force	past	She		him = he				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He was persuaded by Noureddin to taste the wine in secret

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 persuaded	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 persuaded	aux:pass
3	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Noureddin	case
5	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 persuaded	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 taste	mark
7	taste	taste	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 persuaded	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wine	det
9	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taste	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 secret	case
11	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taste	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persuade	past · passive	Noureddin	He					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent subject=Patient clause=Result
2	taste	to-infinitive	He not said here	the wine		secret			vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wine=Theme in secret=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was persuaded by the Persian to drink her health

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 persuaded	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 persuaded	aux:pass
3	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 Persian	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Persian	det
6	Persian	Persian	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 persuaded	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 drink	mark
8	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 persuaded	advcl
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 health	nmod:poss
10	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drink	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persuade	past · passive	the Persian	He					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	drink	to-infinitive	the Persian not said here	her health					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent health=Patient

Option 4

He drank it freely

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 drank	nsubj
2	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drank	obj
4	freely	freely	ADV	_	2 drank	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past	He	it				freely property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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