Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and h…
What did the Sultan demand of Aladdin concerning his daughter?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sultan demand · What happens: do, concern, demand · To what, where: Sultan demand, daughter, Aladdin
This is exam question 4 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 demand | det |
| 4 | Sultan | Sultan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 demand | compound |
| 5 | demand | demand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Aladdin | case |
| 7 | Aladdin | Aladdin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 demand | nmod |
| 8 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 demand | acl |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 10 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 concerning | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the Sultan demand of Aladdin | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demand=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | concern | gerund | the Sultan demand of Aladdin not said here | Aladdin's daughter | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus daughter=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | demand | Aladdin | nom demand «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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
that he search the whole kingdom for her and never return to the city without her
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 3 search | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 search | nsubj |
| 3 | search | search | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kingdom | det |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 kingdom | amod |
| 6 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 search | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 search | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 return | cc |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 return | advmod |
| 11 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 search | conj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 city | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 city | det |
| 14 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 return | obl |
| 15 | without | without | ADP | _ | 16 her | case |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 return | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | search | infinitive | he | the whole kingdom | for her = she | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent kingdom=Location for she=Theme | |||
| 2 | not return | infinitive | he not said here | to the city result; without her = she | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to city=Result |
Option 2
that he find her within forty days or else lose his head to the executioner
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 3 find | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 find | nsubj |
| 3 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 find | obj |
| 5 | within | within | ADP | _ | 7 days | case |
| 6 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 days | nummod |
| 7 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 find | obl |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 lose | cc |
| 9 | else | else | ADV | _ | 10 lose | advmod |
| 10 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 find | conj |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 head | nmod:poss |
| 12 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lose | obj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 executioner | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 executioner | det |
| 15 | executioner | executioner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lose | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | infinitive | he | her = she | day | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | |||
| 2 | lose | infinitive | he not said here | his head | to the executioner; else property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality |
Option 3
that he return her within a month
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 3 return | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 return | nsubj |
| 3 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 return | obj |
| 5 | within | within | ADP | _ | 7 month | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 month | det |
| 7 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 return | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | infinitive | he | her = she | month | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
that he find her or lose his head
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 3 find | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 find | nsubj |
| 3 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 find | obj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 lose | cc |
| 6 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 find | conj |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 head | nmod:poss |
| 8 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lose | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | infinitive | he | her = she | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | ||||
| 2 | lose | infinitive | he not said here | his head | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality |
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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