Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 62: a prince fli…

What assurance of protection did the princess of Bengal extend to the prince?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: assurance, princess, protection · What happens: do, extend, assure · To what, where: prince

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 assurance	det
2	assurance	assurance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 protection	case
4	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assurance	nmod
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 extend	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Bengal	case
9	Bengal	Bengal	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 princess	nmod
10	extend	extend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 did	parataxis
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 prince	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 prince	det
13	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 extend	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	do	past	what assurance of protection		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	extend	present	the princess of Bengal	the prince	vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to prince=Recipient
3	assure		protection		nom assurance «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

Her word that hospitality would be granted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 word	nmod:poss
2	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 granted	nsubj:pass
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 hospitality	det
4	hospitality	hospitality	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 word	appos
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 granted	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 granted	aux:pass
7	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grant	would · passive		Her word					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
2	word		Her = she						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Her word that a bed would be given

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 word	nmod:poss
2	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 given	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bed	det
5	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 given	nsubj:pass
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 given	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 given	aux:pass
8	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 word	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	would · passive		a bed					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient that=Theme
2	word		Her = she						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

A written safe-conduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 conduct	det
2	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 conduct	amod
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 conduct	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 safe	punct
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Her oath that shelter would be given

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 oath	nmod:poss
2	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 given	nsubj:pass
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 shelter	det
4	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 oath	obj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 given	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 given	aux:pass
7	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	would · passive		Her oath					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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