Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 62: a prince fli…

By what means did the prince ultimately effect his return to the earth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: his · What happens: mean, do, return · To what, where: prince · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	8 effect	advmod
8	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	parataxis
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 return	nmod:poss
10	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 effect	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 earth	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 earth	det
13	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 return	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past		the prince		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality
3	return		his = he		to the earth	nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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

By turning the screw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 turning	mark
2	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 screw	det
4	screw	screw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	gerund		the screw					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent screw=Theme

Option 2

By pressing a button on the horse's neck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 pressing	mark
2	pressing	press	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 button	det
4	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pressing	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	9 neck	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horse	det
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 neck	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 horse	case
9	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pressing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	gerund		a button		the horse's neck			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme

Option 3

By lowering the wooden wings slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 lowering	mark
2	lowering	lower	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wings	det
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wings	amod
5	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lowering	obj
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 lowering	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lower	gerund		the wooden wings				slowly property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By turning a small peg near the right ear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 turning	mark
2	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 peg	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 peg	amod
5	peg	peg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turning	obj
6	near	near	ADP	_	9 ear	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ear	det
8	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ear	amod
9	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	gerund		a small peg		the right ear			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent peg=Theme

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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