Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia and the Olives, part 61: a child…

Which of the following statements correctly describes the terms upon which the Indian consented to surrender the enchanted horse to the monarch?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe, consent, surrender, enchant · To what, where: terms, enchanted horse, monarch

This is exam question 4 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	7 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 describes	obl
6	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 terms	det
9	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 describes	obj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 Indian	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Indian	det
13	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 terms	acl:relcl
14	consented	consent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 Indian	acl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 surrender	mark
16	surrender	surrender	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 consented	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 horse	det
18	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 horse	amod
19	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 surrender	obj
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 monarch	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 monarch	det
22	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 surrender	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the terms		of the following statements; correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent term=Theme
3	consent	participle				vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	surrender	to-infinitive	the enchanted horse	the monarch		vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to monarch=Recipient
5	enchant	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

He would yield the animal to the king upon a single stated condition.

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	3 yield	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 yield	aux
3	yield	yield	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 yield	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 king	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 yield	obl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 condition	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 condition	det
11	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 condition	amod
12	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 condition	amod
13	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 yield	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 yield	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yield	would	He	the animal	the king			upon a single stated condition	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent animal=Theme to king=Goal
2	state speech: other	participle							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He would sell it for gold.

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	3 sell	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 sell	aux
3	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sell	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 gold	case
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sell	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	would	He	it				for gold	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme for gold=Asset

Option 3

He refused to part with it.

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 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 part	mark
4	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refused	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 part	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 refused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	He	part				with part	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme

Option 4

He would hand the steed over to the monarch if the king agreed to one term.

The tree, 16 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	3 hand	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 hand	aux
3	hand	hand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 steed	det
5	steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hand	obj
6	over	over	ADV	_	9 monarch	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 monarch	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 monarch	det
9	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hand	obl
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 agreed	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 king	det
12	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 agreed	nsubj
13	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hand	advcl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 term	case
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 term	nummod
16	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 agreed	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand	would	He	the steed		the monarch			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent steed=Theme to monarch=Destination
2	agree speech: agree a condition, not said to happen	past	the king					to one term	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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