Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Treasure, part 55: the…

Which quotation most accurately records the dervish's own opinion of wealth, as expressed to the narrator before the parting?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: quotation, dervish · What happens: record, express, opine · To what, where: own opinion, narrator, wealth

This is exam question 4 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 quotation	det
2	quotation	quotation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 records	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurately	advmod
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 records	advmod
5	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dervish	det
7	dervish	dervish	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 opinion	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 dervish	case
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 opinion	amod
10	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 records	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 wealth	case
12	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 opinion	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 expressed	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 expressed	mark
15	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 records	conj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 narrator	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 narrator	det
18	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 expressed	obl
19	before	before	ADP	_	21 parting	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 parting	det
21	parting	parting	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 expressed	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 records	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	record	present	which quotation	the dervish's own opinion of wealth			accurately property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Theme
2	express	participle	which quotation not said here		the narrator	before the parting		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to narrator=Recipient
3	opine		the dervish	wealth				nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent 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 · ← Mova's choice

Remember riches sometimes have wings if we keep them for ourselves, for God sees every coin hidden in the earth and every thief

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 riches	compound
2	riches	rich	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
3	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 keep	mark
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 keep	nsubj
8	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 have	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 keep	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 ourselves	case
11	ourselves	ourselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 keep	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sees	punct
13	for	for	SCONJ	_	15 sees	mark
14	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 sees	nsubj
15	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 have	conj
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 coin	det
17	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sees	obj
18	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 coin	acl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 earth	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 earth	det
21	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hidden	obl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 thief	cc
23	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	24 thief	det
24	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sees	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	remember	infinitive					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	have	present	Remember riches	wings		sometimes property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient
3	keep a condition, not said to happen	present	we	wings = wing		for ourselves	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
4	see	present	God	every coin			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coin=Stimulus
5	hide	participle		every coin not said here	the earth		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in earth=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

"Remember riches sometimes have wings if we keep them for ourselves"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Remember	punct
2	Remember	remember	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	riches	rich	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Remember	obj
4	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 have	advmod
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 riches	acl:relcl
6	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Remember	obj
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 keep	mark
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 keep	nsubj
9	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 Remember	advcl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 keep	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 ourselves	case
12	ourselves	ourselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 keep	obl
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Remember	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	remember in a quote	imperative	you not said here	riches		tree rules
2	have in a quote	present	riches not said here		sometimes property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	keep a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	we	wings = wing	for ourselves	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

Wealth belongs to the poor, and the rich must give freely to all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 belongs	nsubj
2	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 poor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 poor	det
5	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 belongs	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 give	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 give	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rich	det
9	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 give	nsubj
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 give	aux
11	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 belongs	parataxis
12	freely	freely	ADV	_	11 give	advmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	present	Wealth					to the poor	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	give	must	the rich		all			freely property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to all=Recipient

Option 4

Remember that riches sometimes have wings if we keep them for ourselves and never share them with the poor or the needy

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remember	remember	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 have	mark
3	riches	rich	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	nsubj
4	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 have	advmod
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Remember	ccomp
6	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	obj
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 keep	mark
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 keep	nsubj
9	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Remember	advcl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 keep	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 ourselves	case
12	ourselves	ourselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 keep	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 share	cc
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 share	advmod
15	share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Remember	conj
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 share	obj
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 poor	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 poor	det
19	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 share	obl
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 needy	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 needy	det
22	needy	needy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 poor	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	remember	imperative	you not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	have	present	riches	wings	sometimes property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient
3	keep a condition, not said to happen	present	we	wings = wing	for ourselves	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
4	not share	infinitive	you not said here	wings = wing	with the poor	tree rules

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