Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and h…

Which person did the false Fatima impersonate in order to gain entry to the palace?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: person · What happens: impersonate, gain · To what, where: order, entry

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 impersonate	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 impersonate	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Fatima	det
5	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Fatima	amod
6	Fatima	Fatima	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 impersonate	nsubj
7	impersonate	impersonate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 order	case
9	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 impersonate	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 gain	mark
11	gain	gain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 impersonate	advcl
12	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gain	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 palace	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 palace	det
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 entry	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 impersonate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impersonate	past · do-support	which person			order			vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	gain	to-infinitive	which person not said here	entry				to the palace result	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient entry=Extent to palace=Result

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

the holy woman Fatima, daughter of the prophet, who lived in a far-off desert shrine

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Fatima	det
2	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Fatima	amod
3	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Fatima	compound
4	Fatima	Fatima	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 daughter	punct
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Fatima	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 prophet	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prophet	det
9	prophet	prophet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 daughter	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lived	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 lived	nsubj
12	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 daughter	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	19 shrine	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 shrine	det
15	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	19 shrine	advmod
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 far	punct
17	off	off	ADP	_	19 shrine	case
18	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 shrine	compound
19	shrine	shrine	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	daughter of the prophet			a desert shrine			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shrine=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

the holy woman Fatima, the Sultan's own sister who had been kept hidden in the palace

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Fatima	det
2	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Fatima	amod
3	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Fatima	compound
4	Fatima	Fatima	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sister	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sultan	det
7	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 sister	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Sultan	case
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sister	amod
10	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Fatima	appos
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 kept	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 kept	aux
13	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 kept	aux:pass
14	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 sister	acl:relcl
15	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 kept	xcomp
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 palace	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 palace	det
18	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · perfect · passive		the Sultan's own sister					tree rules
2	hide	participle	the Sultan's own sister not said here			the palace			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in palace=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

the holy woman Fatima

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 woman	det
2	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woman	amod
3	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	Fatima	Fatima	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 woman	appos

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

the princess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 princess	det
2	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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