Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Enchanted Horse, part 63:…

Which precise action did the prince perform in order to effect the ascent of the horse?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: precise action, prince · What happens: do, perform · To what, where: effect

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 did	obj
2	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 action	amod
3	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 perform	nsubj
7	perform	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
8	in	in	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	11 effect	case
9	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 in	fixed
10	to	to	PART	_	11 effect	mark
11	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 perform	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ascent	det
13	ascent	ascent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 effect	appos
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 horse	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 horse	det
16	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ascent	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	precise action						tree rules
2	perform	present	the prince			effect			vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

He rotated the peg as he had seen

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 rotated	nsubj
2	rotated	rotate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 peg	det
4	peg	peg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rotated	obj
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 seen	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 seen	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 seen	aux
8	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 rotated	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rotate	past	He	the peg					vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location peg=Theme
2	see	past · perfect	he						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

He pressed the saddle in the usual way

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 pressed	nsubj
2	pressed	press	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 saddle	det
4	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pressed	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 way	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
7	usual	usual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	past	He	the saddle		the usual way			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saddle=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He turned the peg in the manner observed

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 peg	det
4	peg	peg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 manner	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 manner	det
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
8	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 manner	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	He	the peg				in the manner	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent peg=Patient in manner=Topic
2	observe	participle		the manner not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He turned 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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 turned	obj

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

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