Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 62: a prince fli…

To what elevation did Prince Firouz Schah ascend before he resolved to descend?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: elevation, Firouz · What happens: do, ascend, resolve, descend

This is exam question 2 of lesson 222 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 62: a prince flies away and lands in a princess's palace» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	elevation	elevation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Firouz	nmod:desc
6	Firouz	Firouz	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 ascend	nsubj
7	Schah	Schah	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Firouz	flat
8	ascend	ascend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 resolved	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 resolved	nsubj
11	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ascend	ccomp
12	to	to	PART	_	13 descend	mark
13	descend	descend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 resolved	xcomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	do	past	elevation	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	ascend	present	Firouz Prince	tree rules
3	resolve	past	Firouz	tree rules
4	descend	to-infinitive	Firouz not said here	vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Until the rivers below looked like threads of silk on the valley floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Until	until	ADP	_	3 rivers	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rivers	det
3	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 looked	obl
4	below	below	ADV	_	5 looked	advmod
5	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 threads	case
7	threads	thread	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 looked	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 silk	case
9	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 threads	nmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 floor	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 floor	det
12	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 floor	compound
13	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 looked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past					until the rivers	like threads of silk; on the valley floor; below property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on floor=Theme

Option 2

Until the sea could not be seen from the peaks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Until	until	SCONJ	_	7 seen	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sea	det
3	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seen	nsubj:pass
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 seen	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 seen	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 seen	aux:pass
7	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 peaks	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 peaks	det
10	peaks	peak	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	could · passive		the sea		the peaks			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Until the mountains could not be distinguished from the plains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Until	until	SCONJ	_	7 distinguished	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mountains	det
3	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 distinguished	nsubj:pass
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 distinguished	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 distinguished	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 distinguished	aux:pass
7	distinguished	distinguish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 plains	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 plains	det
10	plains	plain	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 distinguished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not distinguish	could · passive		the mountains				from the plains	vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.co-theme»: subject=Theme from plain=Co-Theme

Option 4

Until he rose beyond the reach of the eagles and could see the whole world spread out beneath the horse for many miles around

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Until	until	SCONJ	_	3 rose	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 rose	nsubj
3	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	6 reach	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 reach	det
6	reach	reach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rose	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 eagles	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 eagles	det
9	eagles	eagle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 reach	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 see	cc
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 see	aux
12	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 rose	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 world	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 world	amod
15	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 see	obj
16	spread	spread	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 world	acl
17	out	out	ADP	_	16 spread	compound:prt
18	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	20 horse	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 horse	det
20	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 spread	obl
21	for	for	ADP	_	23 miles	case
22	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 miles	amod
23	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 spread	obl
24	around	around	ADV	_	12 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	rise	past	he		the reach of the eagles		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beyond reach=Location
2	see	could	he not said here	the whole world		around property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus
3	spread out	participle		the whole world not said here		beneath the horse; for many miles	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath horse=Location

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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