Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 49: t…

What was the consequence when Scheih Ibrahim threw the cup at the Caliph?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Scheih · What happens: be, throw · To what, where: consequence, cup, Caliph

This is exam question 4 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	4 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 threw	advmod
6	Scheih	Scheih	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 threw	nsubj
7	Ibrahim	Ibrahim	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Scheih	flat
8	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cup	det
10	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 threw	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 Caliph	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Caliph	det
13	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 threw	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the consequence					tree rules
2	throw	past	Scheih	the cup		the Caliph			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent cup=Theme at caliph=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

It hit the Caliph on the shoulder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hit	nsubj
2	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Caliph	det
4	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 hit	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 shoulder	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shoulder	det
7	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	It	the Caliph				on the shoulder	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent caliph=Instrument on shoulder=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It shattered against the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shattered	nsubj
2	shattered	shatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	against	against	ADP	_	5 wall	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wall	det
5	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shattered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shatter	past	It					against the wall	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Nothing happened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	Nothing						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It landed harmlessly on the carpet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 landed	nsubj
2	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	harmlessly	harmlessly	ADV	_	2 landed	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 carpet	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 carpet	det
6	carpet	carpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 landed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	past	It			the carpet		harmlessly property	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on carpet=Destination

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