Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 49: t…

By what means did the Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid conceal his identity on entering the pavilion?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Caliph Raschid · What happens: mean, conceal, enter · To what, where: identity, pavilion · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 conceal	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Raschid	det
6	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Raschid	compound
7	Haroun	Haroun	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Caliph	flat
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 al	punct
9	al	Al	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Caliph	flat
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 Raschid	punct
11	Raschid	Raschid	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 conceal	nsubj
12	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 means	ccomp
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 identity	nmod:poss
14	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 conceal	obj
15	on	on	SCONJ	_	16 entering	mark
16	entering	enter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 conceal	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 pavilion	det
18	pavilion	pavilion	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 entering	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	conceal	past · do-support	the Caliph Raschid	Raschid's identity	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Patient
3	enter	gerund	the Caliph Raschid not said here	the pavilion	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme 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

By hiding in a cupboard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 hiding	mark
2	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 cupboard	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cupboard	det
5	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund				a cupboard			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cupboard=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By disguising himself as a citizen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 disguising	mark
2	disguising	disguise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 disguising	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 citizen	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 citizen	det
6	citizen	citizen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disguising	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disguise	gerund		himself = he				as a citizen	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme himself=Destination

Option 3

By wearing a mask

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 wearing	mark
2	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mask	det
4	mask	mask	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	gerund		a mask					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mask=Theme

Option 4

By wearing a plain cloak and beard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 wearing	mark
2	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cloak	det
4	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cloak	amod
5	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wearing	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 beard	cc
7	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cloak	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	gerund		a plain cloak and beard					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme

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