Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a Dog, part 57: a secre…

On what occasion did the narrator's wife, Amina, depart from the dwelling by night?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, depart · To what, where: wife, occasion, dwelling

This is exam question 1 of lesson 217 «Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a Dog, part 57: a secret midnight feast, a curse, and a dog in a cookshop» 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	On	on	ADP	_	3 occasion	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 occasion	nsubj
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrator	det
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wife	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 narrator	case
8	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Amina	punct
10	Amina	Amina	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 wife	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 depart	punct
12	depart	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	conj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 dwelling	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dwelling	det
15	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 depart	obl
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 night	case
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 depart	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the narrator's wife		occasion			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Eventuality
2	depart	present				the dwelling	night		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from dwelling=Initial_Location

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

When she went out to draw water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 went	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 draw	mark
6	draw	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 went	xcomp
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 draw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go out	past	she					out property	tree rules
2	draw	to-infinitive	she not said here	water					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

When she hurried to the graveyard with a lantern, having first prayed and bathed in the courtyard well

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 hurried	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hurried	nsubj
3	hurried	hurry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 graveyard	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 graveyard	det
6	graveyard	graveyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hurried	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 lantern	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lantern	det
9	lantern	lantern	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hurried	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 having	punct
11	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 hurried	advcl
12	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 prayed	advmod
13	prayed	pray	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 having	xcomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 bathed	cc
15	bathed	bath	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 prayed	conj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 courtyard	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 courtyard	det
18	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bathed	obl
19	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 bathed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	hurry	past	she	the graveyard	with a lantern	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to graveyard=Destination
2	have	gerund	she not said here			tree rules
3	pray	participle	she not said here		first property	vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	bath	participle	she not said here	the courtyard	well property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

When she stole out secretly, with the ghoul awaiting her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 stole	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stole	nsubj
3	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 stole	compound:prt
5	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	3 stole	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ghoul	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 ghoul	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ghoul	det
9	ghoul	ghoul	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stole	obl
10	awaiting	await	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 ghoul	acl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 awaiting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal out	past	she					with the ghoul; secretly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	await	gerund	the ghoul not said here	her = she					tree rules

Option 4

When she visited her sister, in daylight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 visited	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 visited	nsubj
3	visited	visit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sister	nmod:poss
5	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 visited	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 daylight	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 daylight	case
8	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sister	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	visit	past	she	her sister and daylight					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Co-Agent

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