Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: t…

By what means did the mother first obtain the feast of silver dishes, and to whom were these dishes returned?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mother · What happens: mean, do, obtain, be, return · To what, where: mother, feast, dishes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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	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	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mother	det
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 obtain	advmod
8	obtain	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mother	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 feast	det
10	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 obtain	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 dishes	case
12	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dishes	compound
13	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 feast	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 whom	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 whom	cc
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 whom	case
17	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 means	obl
18	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 dishes	cop
19	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	20 dishes	det
20	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 whom	nsubj
21	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 dishes	acl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 whom	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past		the mother		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Eventuality
3	obtain	present	the mother not said here	the feast of silver dishes	first property	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset feast=Theme
4	is a	past		this dishes		tree rules
5	return	participle		this dishes not said here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

By rubbing the lamp, and the genie fetched them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 rubbing	mark
2	rubbing	rub	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 fetched	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lamp	det
4	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rubbing	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fetched	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fetched	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 genie	det
8	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fetched	nsubj
9	fetched	fetch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fetched	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	gerund	the genie not said here	the lamp					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme
2	fetch	past	the genie	them = they					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

By calling on the genie of the ring, who carried the dishes off to the vizir's house once the feast was over

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 calling	mark
2	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 genie	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 genie	det
5	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calling	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 ring	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ring	det
8	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 genie	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 carried	punct
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 carried	nsubj
11	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ring	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dishes	det
13	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 carried	obj
14	off	off	ADP	_	11 carried	compound:prt
15	to	to	ADP	_	19 house	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 vizir	det
17	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 house	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 vizir	case
19	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	obl
20	once	once	SCONJ	_	24 over	mark
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 feast	det
22	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 over	nsubj
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 over	cop
24	over	over	ADV	_	11 carried	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	call	gerund			the genie of the ring		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	carry off	past	the ring	the dishes	the vizir's house		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dish=Theme to house=Destination
3	is	past	the feast			over property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

By rubbing the lamp, and the genie fetched them from the palace, and the mother kept the dishes for herself afterward

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 rubbing	mark
2	rubbing	rub	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 fetched	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lamp	det
4	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rubbing	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fetched	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fetched	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 genie	det
8	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fetched	nsubj
9	fetched	fetch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fetched	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 palace	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 palace	det
13	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fetched	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 kept	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 kept	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 mother	det
17	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 kept	nsubj
18	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 fetched	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 dishes	det
20	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 kept	obj
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 herself	case
22	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	18 kept	obl
23	afterward	afterward	ADV	_	18 kept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	rub	gerund	the genie not said here	the lamp			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme
2	fetch	past	the genie	them = they	the palace		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from palace=Source
3	keep	past	the mother	the dishes		for mother; afterward property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Theme

Option 4

By asking the Sultan, and the mother kept them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 asking	mark
2	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sultan	det
4	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 asking	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 kept	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 kept	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mother	det
8	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	nsubj
9	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asking	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 kept	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund			the Sultan				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sultan=Recipient
2	keep	past	the mother	them = they					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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