Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: t…

What condition did the Sultan impose upon the mother before the marriage could be considered, and at whose suggestion?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: impose, consider · To what, where: marriage

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Sultan	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Sultan	det
5	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 condition	nmod
6	impose	impose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 mother	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mother	det
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	obl
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	15 considered	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 marriage	det
12	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 considered	nsubj:pass
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 considered	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 considered	aux:pass
15	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 impose	advcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 suggestion	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 suggestion	cc
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 suggestion	case
19	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	20 suggestion	nmod:poss
20	suggestion	suggestion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	parataxis
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 impose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	present	what condition the Sultan					upon the mother	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	consider	could · passive		the marriage					vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute

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

Absence for three months, at the suggestion of the vizir

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 months	case
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 months	nummod
4	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Absence	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 suggestion	punct
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 suggestion	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 suggestion	det
8	suggestion	suggestion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Absence	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 vizir	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 vizir	det
11	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 suggestion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suggest		the vizir						nom suggestion «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

Wait a while

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 while	det
3	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				while		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Waiting in the city, on the advice of the palace priests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 city	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 city	det
4	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Waiting	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 advice	punct
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 advice	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 advice	det
8	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Waiting	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 priests	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 priests	det
11	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 priests	compound
12	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 advice	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	gerund				the city		on the advice of the palace priests	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Three months

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 months	nummod
2	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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