Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Noureddin Ali and the Fair Persian: Saouy'…

Which conditions did the Caliph impose upon the king on his return to Balsora, and how did he dispose of Saouy?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: conditions, Caliph · What happens: do, impose, dispose, return · To what, where: return

This is exam question 4 of lesson 210 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin Ali and the Fair Persian: Saouy's plot nearly kills Noureddin, but the vizir arrives in time» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 conditions	det
2	conditions	condition	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Caliph	det
5	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 impose	nsubj
6	impose	impose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 king	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 return	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 return	nmod:poss
12	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	obl
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 Balsora	case
14	Balsora	Balsora	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 return	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 dispose	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 dispose	cc
17	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	20 dispose	advmod
18	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 dispose	aux
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 dispose	nsubj
20	dispose	dispose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 impose	conj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 Saouy	case
22	Saouy	Saouy	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 dispose	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	do	past	which conditions			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	impose	present	the Caliph	Caliph's return to Balsora	upon the king	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	dispose	past · do-support	Caliph		of Saouy	vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent
4	return		Caliph		to Balsora	nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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

The king must pardon Noureddin at once, and Saouy was banished from the city of Balsora for ever

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pardon	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 pardon	aux
4	pardon	pardon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pardon	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 pardon	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 banished	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 banished	cc
10	Saouy	Saouy	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 banished	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 banished	aux:pass
12	banished	banish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 pardon	conj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 city	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 city	det
15	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 banished	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 Balsora	case
17	Balsora	Balsora	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 city	nmod
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 ever	case
19	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	12 banished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pardon	must	the king	Noureddin					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noureddin=Theme
2	banish	past · passive		Saouy		the city of Balsora			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from city=Source

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The king had to choose better advisers, and Saouy was sent to Bagdad to be tried by the court

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 choose	mark
5	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 had	xcomp
6	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 advisers	amod
7	advisers	adviser	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 choose	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sent	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sent	cc
10	Saouy	Saouy	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 sent	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 sent	aux:pass
12	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 had	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 Bagdad	case
14	Bagdad	bagdad	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sent	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	17 tried	mark
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 tried	aux:pass
17	tried	try	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 sent	advcl
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 court	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 court	det
20	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 tried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	have	past	the king			tree rules
2	choose	to-infinitive	the king not said here	better advisers		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adviser=Theme
3	send	past · passive		Saouy	Bagdad	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to bagdad=Destination
4	try	to-infinitive · passive	the court			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The king was to be more circumspect in selecting his vizir, and Saouy was delivered to the executioner

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 circumspect	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 circumspect	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	7 circumspect	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 circumspect	cop
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 circumspect	amod
7	circumspect	circumspect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	in	in	SCONJ	_	9 selecting	mark
9	selecting	select	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 circumspect	acl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 vizir	nmod:poss
11	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 selecting	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 delivered	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 delivered	cc
14	Saouy	Saouy	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 delivered	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 delivered	aux:pass
16	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 circumspect	acl
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 executioner	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 executioner	det
19	executioner	executioner	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 delivered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	the king	more circumspect		tree rules
2	select	gerund	more circumspect not said here	king's vizir		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vizir=Theme
3	deliver	past · passive	more circumspect not said here	Saouy	the executioner	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to executioner=Destination

Option 4

The king was to rule more justly and forgive the vizir, and Saouy was set free to leave

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rule	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rule	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 rule	mark
5	rule	rule	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 justly	advmod
7	justly	justly	ADV	_	5 rule	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 forgive	cc
9	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 rule	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 vizir	det
11	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 forgive	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 set	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 set	cc
14	Saouy	Saouy	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 set	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 set	aux:pass
16	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 rule	parataxis
17	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 set	xcomp
18	to	to	PART	_	19 leave	mark
19	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 free	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the king		justly, rule property	tree rules
2	forgive	infinitive	the king not said here	the vizir		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vizir=Theme
3	set	past · passive		Saouy	free property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result
4	leave	to-infinitive				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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