Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 49: t…

What did Scheih Ibrahim propose to do with the purse, should it contain gold?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Scheih, purse · What happens: propose, do, contain · To what, where: gold

This is exam question 2 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 propose	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 propose	aux
3	Scheih	Scheih	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 propose	nsubj
4	Ibrahim	Ibrahim	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Scheih	flat
5	propose	propose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 propose	xcomp
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 purse	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 purse	det
10	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 contain	punct
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 contain	aux
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 contain	nsubj
14	contain	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 propose	advcl
15	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 contain	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 propose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	propose	past · do-support	Scheih			tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	Scheih not said here		with the purse	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	contain	should	purse	gold		vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot gold=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

Share the coins equally with the poor fisher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 coins	det
3	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Share	obj
4	equally	equally	ADV	_	1 Share	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 fisher	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fisher	det
7	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fisher	amod
8	fisher	fisher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Share	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	imperative	you not said here	the coins				with the poor fisher; equally property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Take all of it and give the fisher copper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Take	obj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 all	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 give	cc
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 copper	det
8	fisher	fisher	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 copper	compound
9	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	all					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme
2	give	infinitive	you not said here	the fisher copper					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copper=Theme

Option 3

Hand the fisher only one small silver piece

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hand	hand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fisher	det
3	fisher	fisher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hand	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 one	advmod
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 piece	nummod
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 piece	amod
7	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 piece	compound
8	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hand	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand	imperative	you not said here	the fisher					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent fisher=Destination piece=Theme

Option 4

Give it back to the slave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	back	back	ADV	_	1 Give	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 slave	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 slave	det
6	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give back	imperative	you not said here	it	the slave				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to slave=Recipient

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