Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and h…
By what means did the princess render the magician insensible?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: mean, do, render · To what, where: princess, magician · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 2 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 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 3 means | mark |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 render | advcl |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 means | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 princess | det |
| 6 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 7 | render | render | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 magician | det |
| 9 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 render | obj |
| 10 | insensible | insensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 render | xcomp |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 render | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | do | past | the princess | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | render | present | the magician | insensible property | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magician=Theme |
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
a sleeping draught in the jug
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 draught | det |
| 2 | sleeping | sleeping | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 draught | amod |
| 3 | draught | draught | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 jug | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 jug | det |
| 6 | jug | jug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 draught | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
a powder mixed into his drink
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 powder | det |
| 2 | powder | powder | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | mixed | mix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 powder | acl |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 drink | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 drink | nmod:poss |
| 6 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mixed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix | participle | a powder not said here | into his drink | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient into drink=Co-Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
a powder placed in her cup
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 powder | det |
| 2 | powder | powder | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 powder | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 cup | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 cup | nmod:poss |
| 6 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 placed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | place | participle | a powder not said here | her cup | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in cup=Destination |
Option 4
a powder poured in wine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 powder | det |
| 2 | powder | powder | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | poured | pour | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 powder | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 wine | case |
| 5 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 poured | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pour | participle | a powder not said here | wine | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
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