Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Treasure, part 55: the…

Which sentence in the passage most clearly indicates the narrator's eventual ruin through his own avarice?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sentence, narrator · What happens: indicate, ruin · To what, where: eventual ruin, own avarice

This is exam question 3 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 sentence	det
2	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 indicates	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 sentence	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 clearly	advmod
7	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	8 indicates	advmod
8	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 narrator	det
10	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ruin	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 narrator	case
12	eventual	eventual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ruin	amod
13	ruin	ruin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 indicates	obj
14	through	through	ADP	_	17 avarice	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 avarice	nmod:poss
16	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 avarice	amod
17	avarice	avarice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 indicates	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 indicates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	which sentence in the passage	the narrator's eventual ruin		sentence's own avarice		clearly property	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ruin=Topic
2	ruin		the narrator						nom ruin «state 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 · ✓ the right answer

"My eyes were so blinded by gold, that I paid no heed to his wise counsel"

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 blinded	punct
2	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 eyes	nmod:poss
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 blinded	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 blinded	aux:pass
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 blinded	advmod
6	blinded	blind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 gold	case
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blinded	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 paid	punct
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 paid	obj
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 paid	nsubj
12	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 blinded	conj
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 heed	det
14	heed	heed	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 paid	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	18 counsel	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 counsel	nmod:poss
17	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 counsel	amod
18	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 paid	obl
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 blinded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blind in a quote	past · passive		My eyes				by gold	tree rules
2	pay in a quote	past	I	that				to his wise counsel	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent that=Recipient heed=Asset

Option 2

I ignored his counsel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 ignored	nsubj
2	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 counsel	nmod:poss
4	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ignored	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	I	his counsel					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme

Option 3

I was so dazzled by the gold that I forgot his kind advice entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 dazzled	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dazzled	aux:pass
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 dazzled	advmod
4	dazzled	dazzle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 gold	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gold	det
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dazzled	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 forgot	obj
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 forgot	nsubj
10	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 gold	acl:relcl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 advice	nmod:poss
12	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 advice	amod
13	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 forgot	obj
14	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	10 forgot	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dazzle	past · passive		I				by the gold	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	forget	past	I	the gold				entirely property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The gold so blinded me that his wise words meant nothing to me

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gold	det
2	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blinded	nsubj
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 blinded	advmod
4	blinded	blind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 blinded	obj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 meant	mark
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 words	nmod:poss
8	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 words	amod
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 meant	nsubj
10	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 blinded	advcl
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 meant	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 me	case
13	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 meant	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	blind	past	the gold	me		tree rules
2	mean	past	his wise words	nothing	me	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot nothing=Theme to i=Attribute
3	word		his = he			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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