Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, part 60: the Cadi's trial is re…

Which individuals assembled to observe the dispute in the street before the Cadi was called?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: individuals · What happens: assemble, observe, call · To what, where: dispute, street, Cadi · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 220 «Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, part 60: the Cadi's trial is replayed by children, and a clever boy spots the trick» 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 individuals	det
2	individuals	individual	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 assembled	nsubj
3	assembled	assemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 observe	mark
5	observe	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 assembled	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dispute	det
7	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 observe	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 street	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 street	det
10	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 observe	obl
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	15 called	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Cadi	det
13	Cadi	Cadi	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 called	nsubj:pass
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 called	aux:pass
15	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 observe	advcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 assembled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	assemble	past	which individuals			tree rules
2	observe	to-infinitive	which individuals not said here	the dispute	the street	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dispute=Topic
3	call	past · passive		the Cadi		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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

Passers-by and the neighbouring merchants of the district.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Passers	passer	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 merchants	punct
3	by	by	ADP	_	7 merchants	case
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 merchants	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 merchants	det
6	neighbouring	neighbouring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 merchants	amod
7	merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Passers	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 district	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 district	det
10	district	district	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 merchants	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Passers	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Passers-by and children.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Passers	passer	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 by	punct
3	by	by	ADP	_	1 Passers	nmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 children	cc
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Passers	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Passers	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Idle passers-by and the wives of the nearby traders.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Idle	idle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 passers	amod
2	passers	passer	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 by	punct
4	by	by	ADP	_	2 passers	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wives	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wives	det
7	wives	wife	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 passers	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 traders	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 traders	det
10	nearby	nearby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 traders	amod
11	traders	trader	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wives	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 passers	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Several beggars and the shopkeepers of the old quarter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 beggars	amod
2	beggars	beggar	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 shopkeepers	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shopkeepers	det
5	shopkeepers	shopkeeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 beggars	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 quarter	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 quarter	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 quarter	amod
9	quarter	quarter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shopkeepers	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 beggars	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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