Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and h…
Upon what condition did the Sultan grant Aladdin his prayer for a respite?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: do, pray · To what, where: Sultan grant
This is exam question 1 of lesson 213 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and his palace flies home» 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 | Upon | upon | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 3 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 grant | det |
| 6 | Sultan | Sultan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 grant | compound |
| 7 | grant | grant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 8 | Aladdin | Aladdin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 grant | appos |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 prayer | nmod:poss |
| 10 | prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 respite | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 respite | det |
| 13 | respite | respite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | condition | the Sultan grant | for a respite | tree rules | |||
| 2 | pray | condition | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=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
forty days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 days | nummod |
| 2 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
forty nights to bring the princess back home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 nights | nummod |
| 2 | nights | night | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bring | nsubj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 bring | mark |
| 4 | bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 princess | det |
| 6 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bring | obj |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 bring | advmod |
| 8 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 bring | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring back | to-infinitive | forty nights | the princess | home property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument princess=Destination |
Option 3
forty days in which to find the lamp
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 days | nummod |
| 2 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 which | case |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 find | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 find | mark |
| 6 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 days | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 lamp | det |
| 8 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | to-infinitive | the lamp | in forty days | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Topic |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
forty days in which to find the princess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 days | nummod |
| 2 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 which | case |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 find | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 find | mark |
| 6 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 days | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 princess | det |
| 8 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | to-infinitive | the princess | in forty days | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Topic |
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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