Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: t…

Which object did the magician forget to remove from Aladdin's finger, and what power did it confer upon him?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object, power · What happens: do, forget, not remove, confer · To what, where: magician, finger

This is exam question 1 of lesson 211 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: the lamp brings the bride and groom to Aladdin's room» 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 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 magician	det
5	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 did	xcomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 remove	mark
8	remove	remove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 forget	xcomp
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 finger	case
10	Aladdin	Aladdin	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 finger	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Aladdin	case
12	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 remove	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 what	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 what	cc
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 confer	obj
16	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 did	nsubj
17	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 confer	aux
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 confer	nsubj
19	confer	confer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 did	parataxis
20	upon	upon	ADP	_	21 him	case
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 confer	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past	which object	the magician			tree rules
2	forget	infinitive	which object not said here				tree rules
3	not remove	to-infinitive	which object not said here		Aladdin's finger		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from finger=Source
4	confer	past · do-support	power			upon object	tree rules

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 lamp, which he meant to use only once to gain great power over the Sultan and his whole kingdom forever

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lamp	det
2	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meant	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 meant	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 meant	nsubj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 meant	nsubj
6	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 use	mark
8	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 meant	xcomp
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 once	advmod
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 use	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 gain	mark
12	gain	gain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 use	advcl
13	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 power	amod
14	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gain	obj
15	over	over	ADP	_	17 Sultan	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Sultan	det
17	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 gain	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 kingdom	cc
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 kingdom	nmod:poss
20	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 kingdom	amod
21	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 Sultan	conj
22	forever	forever	ADV	_	21 kingdom	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	past	the lamp				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	use not said to happen	to-infinitive	the lamp not said here			once property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	gain	to-infinitive	the lamp not said here	great power	the Sultan and lamp's whole kingdom		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The ring, by which he summoned the genie of the ring who could carry him out of the cave to safety at once

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ring	det
2	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 summoned	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 summoned	punct
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 summoned	obl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 summoned	nsubj
7	summoned	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 genie	det
9	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 summoned	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 ring	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ring	det
12	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 genie	nmod
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 carry	nsubj
14	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 carry	aux
15	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 ring	acl:relcl
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 carry	obj
17	out	out	ADP	_	20 cave	case
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 cave	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 cave	det
20	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 carry	obl
21	to	to	PART	_	22 safety	mark
22	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 carry	advcl
23	at	at	ADP	_	24 once	case
24	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	15 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	past	the ring	the genie of the ring					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent genie=Recipient
2	carry	could	the ring	him = he		the cave			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out cave=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The ring, by which he summoned the genie of the ring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ring	det
2	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 summoned	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 summoned	punct
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 summoned	obl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 summoned	nsubj
7	summoned	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 genie	det
9	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 summoned	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 ring	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ring	det
12	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 genie	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	past	the ring	the genie of the ring					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent genie=Recipient

Option 4

The lamp, which let him summon a djinn from the cave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lamp	det
2	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 let	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 let	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 let	nsubj
5	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	obj
7	summon	summon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 djinn	det
9	djinn	djinn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 summon	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 cave	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cave	det
12	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 summon	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	past	the lamp	him = he					tree rules
2	summon	infinitive	him = he not said here	a djinn		the cave			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent djinn=Recipient

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