Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Enchanted Horse, part 63:…

Upon what grounds did the princess decline to receive the prince within her own apartments?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: ground, do, receive · To what, where: princess decline, prince

This is exam question 1 of lesson 223 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Enchanted Horse, part 63: the prince tells his flight and dines with the princess» 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	Upon	upon	SCONJ	_	3 grounds	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 grounds	nsubj
3	grounds	ground	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 grounds	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 decline	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 decline	compound
7	decline	decline	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 receive	mark
9	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 decline	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 prince	det
11	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 receive	obj
12	within	within	ADP	_	15 apartments	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 apartments	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 apartments	amod
15	apartments	apartment	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 receive	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 grounds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ground	present			tree rules
2	do	past	the princess decline		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decline=Eventuality
3	receive	to-infinitive	the prince	within her own apartments	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=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

The chief of the eunuchs possessed a right of unannounced entry at any hour of the day or night

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chief	det
2	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possessed	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 eunuchs	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eunuchs	det
5	eunuchs	eunuch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chief	nmod
6	possessed	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 right	det
8	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possessed	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 entry	case
10	unannounced	unannounced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 entry	amod
11	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 right	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 hour	case
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 hour	det
14	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 entry	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 day	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 day	det
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hour	nmod
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 night	cc
19	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 entry	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	past	the chief of the eunuchs	a right of unannounced entry at any hour of the day or night					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot right=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The chief of the eunuchs possessed a right of unannounced entry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chief	det
2	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possessed	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 eunuchs	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eunuchs	det
5	eunuchs	eunuch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chief	nmod
6	possessed	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 right	det
8	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possessed	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 entry	case
10	unannounced	unannounced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 entry	amod
11	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 right	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	past	the chief of the eunuchs	a right of unannounced entry					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot right=Theme

Option 3

The chief of the eunuchs possessed a standing right of unannounced entry into every apartment of the palace

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chief	det
2	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possessed	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 eunuchs	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eunuchs	det
5	eunuchs	eunuch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chief	nmod
6	possessed	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 right	det
8	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 right	amod
9	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possessed	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 entry	case
11	unannounced	unannounced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 entry	amod
12	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 right	nmod
13	into	into	ADP	_	15 apartment	case
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 apartment	det
15	apartment	apartment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possessed	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 palace	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 palace	det
18	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 apartment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	past	the chief of the eunuchs	a standing right of unannounced entry		every apartment of the palace			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot right=Theme
2	stand	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Custom gave the chief eunuch free access at all hours of the night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eunuch	det
4	chief	chief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 eunuch	amod
5	eunuch	eunuch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 access	amod
7	access	access	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 hours	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 hours	det
10	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gave	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 night	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 night	det
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hours	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	Custom	free access	the chief eunuch		hour		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent eunuch=Recipient access=Theme

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