Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the magician tricks the…

Which of the following accurately states the reason for Aladdin's absence from the palace?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Aladdin · What happens: follow, state, absent · To what, where: reason, palace

This is exam question 3 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	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 absence	case
10	Aladdin	Aladdin	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 absence	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Aladdin	case
12	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reason	nmod
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 palace	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 palace	det
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 absence	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the reason		for Aladdin's absence from the palace; accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	absent		Aladdin		the palace		nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent from=place

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 · ✓ the right answer

He had gone hunting for eight days

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	3 gone	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gone	aux
3	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	hunting	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 gone	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 days	case
6	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 days	nummod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hunting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · perfect	He						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hunt	gerund	He not said here				day		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He had gone riding for six days

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	3 gone	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gone	aux
3	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 gone	advcl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 days	case
6	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 days	nummod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 riding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · perfect	He						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	ride	gerund	He not said here				day		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He had gone trading for eight days

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	3 gone	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gone	aux
3	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	trading	trading	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gone	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 days	case
6	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 days	nummod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · perfect	He	trading			day		vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location trading=Theme

Option 4

He had left the city to hunt wild animals in the far mountains for many days

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	3 left	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 left	aux
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 city	det
5	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 hunt	mark
7	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 left	advcl
8	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 animals	amod
9	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hunt	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 mountains	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mountains	det
12	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 mountains	amod
13	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 left	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 days	case
15	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 days	amod
16	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past · perfect	He	the city		the far mountains	day		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent city=Theme in mountain=Location
2	hunt	to-infinitive	He not said here	wild animals					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=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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