Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia and the Olives, part 61: a child…

Which of the following is the correct account of the Caliph's response upon hearing the case of the olive merchant?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: response · What happens: follow, be, hear · To what, where: case

This is exam question 2 of lesson 221 «Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia and the Olives, part 61: a child judges a thief, then a magic horse appears» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 account	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 account	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 account	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 account	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 account	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 account	det
7	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 account	amod
8	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 response	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Caliph	det
11	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 response	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Caliph	case
13	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 account	nmod
14	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	15 hearing	mark
15	hearing	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 response	acl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 case	det
17	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hearing	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 merchant	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 merchant	det
20	olive	olive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 merchant	amod
21	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 case	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 account	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the correct account; of the Caliph's response	tree rules
3	hear	gerund	the Caliph's response not said here	the case of the olive merchant		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer case=Stimulus

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

He ordered the child punished.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ordered	obj
5	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 child	acl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ordered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	He		the child				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
2	punish	participle		the child not said here					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He dismissed the child's case.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dismissed	nsubj
2	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 case	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 child	case
6	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dismissed	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dismissed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dismiss	past	He	the child's case					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Theme

Option 3

He rejected the child's ruling and ordered the thief to be released without any further trial.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rejected	nsubj
2	rejected	reject	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ruling	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 child	case
6	ruling	ruling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rejected	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ordered	cc
8	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rejected	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 thief	det
10	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ordered	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	13 released	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 released	aux:pass
13	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 thief	acl
14	without	without	ADP	_	17 trial	case
15	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	17 trial	det
16	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 trial	amod
17	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 released	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rejected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reject	past	He	the child's ruling		vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ruling=Theme
2	order	past	He not said here	the thief		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Theme
3	release	to-infinitive · passive	He not said here	the thief not said here	without any further trial	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»
4	rule		the child			nom ruling «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He summoned the child to his throne and ordered the case to be retried in his presence.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 summoned	nsubj
2	summoned	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summoned	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 throne	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 throne	nmod:poss
7	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summoned	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ordered	cc
9	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 summoned	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 case	det
11	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ordered	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	14 retried	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 retried	aux:pass
14	retried	retry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 ordered	xcomp
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 presence	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 presence	nmod:poss
17	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 retried	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 summoned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	summon	past	He		the child		to child's throne	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Recipient
2	order	past	He not said here	the case				vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent case=Recipient clause=Topic
3	retry not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	the case not said here			child's presence		tree rules

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