Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the magician tricks the…

Which of the following describes the response of the Sultan upon discovering the disappearance of the palace?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: response, palace · What happens: follow, describe, discover, disappear · To what, where: response, disappearance

This is exam question 4 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	5 describes	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	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 response	det
7	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 Sultan	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sultan	det
10	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 response	nmod
11	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	12 discovering	mark
12	discovering	discover	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 response	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 disappearance	det
14	disappearance	disappearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 discovering	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 palace	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 palace	det
17	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 disappearance	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the response of the Sultan	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent response=Theme
3	discover	gerund	the response of the Sultan not said here	the disappearance of the palace	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disappearance=Topic
4	disappear		the palace		nom disappearance «act intransitive»: of=agent

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 rubbed his eyes and sent for the vizir

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 rubbed	nsubj
2	rubbed	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rubbed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sent	cc
6	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 rubbed	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 vizir	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 vizir	det
9	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	past	He	his eyes					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme
2	send	participle	He not said here					for the vizir	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He called guards

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 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 called	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	He	guards					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient

Option 3

He shouted and called for his men

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 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 called	cc
4	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shouted	conj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 men	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 men	nmod:poss
7	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 called	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	He						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	call	past	He not said here					for his men	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for man=Recipient

Option 4

He fell down and sent for a doctor

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 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 fell	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sent	cc
5	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fell	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 doctor	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 doctor	det
8	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall down	past	He					down property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	send	participle	He not said here					for a doctor	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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