Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the magician tricks the…

Which of the following describes the means by which the magician regained possession of the lamp?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: magician · What happens: follow, describe, mean, regain, possession · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 212 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the magician tricks the princess into giving up the lamp, and the palace vanishes to Africa» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 means	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 means	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 means	nsubj
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 possession	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 magician	det
11	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 possession	nsubj
12	regained	regain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 possession	amod
13	possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	ccomp
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 lamp	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 lamp	det
16	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 possession	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	regain	participle			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	possession		the magician	of the lamp	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 · ← Mova's choice

He tricked the princess somehow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tricked	nsubj
2	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 princess	det
4	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tricked	obj
5	somehow	somehow	ADV	_	2 tricked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	He	the princess				somehow property	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He exchanged it for a new lamp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 exchanged	nsubj
2	exchanged	exchange	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 exchanged	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 lamp	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lamp	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lamp	amod
7	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exchanged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exchange	past	He	it				for a new lamp	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme for lamp=Co-Theme

Option 3

He swapped it for copper coins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 swapped	nsubj
2	swapped	swap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 swapped	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 coins	case
5	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coins	compound
6	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 swapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swap	past	He	it				for copper coins	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme for coin=Co-Theme

Option 4

He cheated the princess out of the old lamp by sneaking into her chamber at night

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cheated	nsubj
2	cheated	cheat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 princess	det
4	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cheated	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	9 lamp	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 lamp	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lamp	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lamp	amod
9	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cheated	obl
10	by	by	SCONJ	_	11 sneaking	mark
11	sneaking	sneak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 cheated	advcl
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 chamber	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 chamber	nmod:poss
14	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sneaking	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 night	case
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sneaking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheat	past	He	the princess		the old lamp			vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Source
2	sneak	gerund	He not said here			princess's chamber	night		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into chamber=Destination

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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