Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 49: t…
Which of the following did the Caliph instruct the vizir to bring to the pavilion?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, instruct, bring · To what, where: vizir, pavilion
This is exam question 1 of lesson 209 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 49: the Caliph disguised as a fisherman» 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 | 8 instruct | obj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Caliph | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Caliph | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 Caliph | case |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 Caliph | aux |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Caliph | det |
| 7 | Caliph | Caliph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 instruct | obl |
| 8 | instruct | instruct | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 vizir | det |
| 10 | vizir | vizir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 instruct | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 bring | mark |
| 12 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 vizir | acl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 pavilion | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 pavilion | det |
| 15 | pavilion | pavilion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 bring | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 instruct | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | instruct speech: other | present | the vizir | of the Caliph | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | bring | to-infinitive | the vizir not said here | the pavilion | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to pavilion=Destination |
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
Four servants with fresh robes and wine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 servants | nummod |
| 2 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 robes | case |
| 4 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 robes | amod |
| 5 | robes | robe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 servants | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 wine | cc |
| 7 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 robes | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Two slaves with water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 slaves | nummod |
| 2 | slaves | slave | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 water | case |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 slaves | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Four guards for the door
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 guards | nummod |
| 2 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 door | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 door | det |
| 5 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 guards | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Four slaves bearing a change of raiment
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 slaves | nummod |
| 2 | slaves | slave | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | bearing | bear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 slaves | acl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 change | det |
| 5 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bearing | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 raiment | case |
| 7 | raiment | raiment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 change | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | gerund | Four slaves not said here | a change of raiment | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent change=Patient | ||||
| 2 | change | raiment | nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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