Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a Dog, part 57: a secre…

Of what nature was the establishment into which the transformed narrator was obliged to retire?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, transform, oblige, retire · To what, where: establishment, transformed narrator

This is exam question 3 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	Of	of	ADP	_	3 nature	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 nature	nsubj
3	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 establishment	obl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 establishment	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 establishment	det
6	establishment	establishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 obliged	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 narrator	det
10	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 narrator	amod
11	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 obliged	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 obliged	aux:pass
13	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 establishment	acl:relcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 retire	mark
15	retire	retire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 obliged	xcomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 establishment	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the establishment		of nature	tree rules
2	transform	participle				vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	oblige	past · passive	the transformed narrator	the establishment		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
4	retire	to-infinitive				vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=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

A cookshop wherein tongues and sheep's heads were offered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cookshop	det
2	cookshop	cookshop	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	wherein	wherein	ADV	PronType=Int	10 offered	advmod
4	tongues	tongue	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 offered	nsubj:pass
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 heads	cc
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 heads	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 sheep	case
8	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tongues	conj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 offered	aux:pass
10	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cookshop	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past · passive		tongues and sheep's heads				wherein property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

Option 2

A shop selling bread and dates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 shop	det
2	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 selling	nsubj
3	selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 selling	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 dates	cc
6	dates	date	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bread	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	gerund	a shop	bread and dates					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme

Option 3

A tavern where wine was served

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tavern	det
2	tavern	tavern	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 served	advmod
4	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 served	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 served	aux:pass
6	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 tavern	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	past · passive		wine					vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute

Option 4

A large covered market where traders sold fish, grain, cloth, and spices to the townspeople

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 market	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 market	amod
3	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 market	amod
4	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sold	nsubj
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 sold	advmod
6	traders	trader	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sold	nsubj
7	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sold	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 grain	punct
10	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fish	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cloth	punct
12	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fish	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 spices	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 spices	cc
15	spices	spice	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sold	obl
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 townspeople	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 townspeople	det
18	townspeople	townspeople	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	participle							vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	sell	past	a large covered market	fish and grain and cloth	the townspeople			spices obl	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent fish=Theme to townspeople=Recipient

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