Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Treasure, part 55: the…

Which words in the passage show that the dervish understood the narrator's intentions but chose not to contest them?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: words, dervish, narrator · What happens: show, understand, choose, not contest, intend · To what, where: intentions · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 215 «Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Treasure, part 55: the greedy narrator takes more camels and begs for the magic ointment» 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 words	det
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 show	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 words	nmod
6	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 understood	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dervish	det
9	dervish	dervish	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 understood	nsubj
10	understood	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 show	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 narrator	det
12	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 intentions	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 narrator	case
14	intentions	intention	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 understood	obj
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 chose	cc
16	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 understood	conj
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 contest	advmod
18	to	to	PART	_	19 contest	mark
19	contest	contest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 chose	xcomp
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 contest	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	show	present	which words in the passage		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	understand	past	the dervish	the narrator's intentions	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer intention=Stimulus
3	choose	past	the dervish not said here		tree rules
4	not contest	to-infinitive	the dervish not said here	intentions = intention	tree rules
5	intend		the narrator		nom intention «cognition transitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

"who understood me quite well, but did not wish to fight the matter"

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 understood	punct
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 understood	nsubj
3	understood	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 understood	obj
5	quite	quite	ADV	_	6 well	advmod
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 understood	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wish	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 wish	cc
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 wish	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 wish	advmod
11	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 understood	parataxis
12	to	to	PART	_	13 fight	mark
13	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wish	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 matter	det
15	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fight	obj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 wish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	understand in a quote	past	me	well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus
2	not wish in a quote	past · do-support			vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	fight not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	the matter		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Co-Agent

Option 2

who saw through me

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	4 me	case
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 saw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past						through me	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

who grasped my plan entirely, though he chose to say nothing of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 grasped	nsubj
2	grasped	grasp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 plan	nmod:poss
4	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grasped	obj
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 grasped	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 chose	punct
7	though	though	SCONJ	_	9 chose	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 chose	nsubj
9	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grasped	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 say	mark
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 chose	xcomp
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 say	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 nothing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	grasp	past		my plan	entirely property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plan=Stimulus
2	choose	past	he			tree rules
3	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	he not said here	nothing		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
4	plan		my			nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

who knew my heart well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 knew	nsubj
2	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 heart	nmod:poss
4	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knew	obj
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 knew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past		my heart				well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer heart=Stimulus

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