Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 64: the prince f…

In what manner did the Sultan signify his consent to the marriage of his son with the Princess of Bengal?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sultan · What happens: signify, consent, marry · To what, where: consent, son

This is exam question 1 of lesson 224 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 64: the prince flies home, and the angry Indian plots revenge» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 signify	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 signify	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sultan	det
6	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 signify	nsubj
7	signify	signify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 consent	nmod:poss
9	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 signify	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 marriage	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 marriage	det
12	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 signify	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 son	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 son	nmod:poss
15	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 marriage	nmod
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 Princess	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Princess	det
18	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 son	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 Bengal	case
20	Bengal	Bengal	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Princess	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 signify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	signify	past · do-support	the Sultan	Sultan's consent	to the marriage of Sultan's son with the Princess of Bengal; in what manner	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot consent=Theme in manner=Attribute
2	consent		Sultan			nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent
3	marry			Sultan's son with the Princess of Bengal		nom marriage «state transitive»: of=patient

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 right answer

He gladly and expressly consented to the union

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	5 consented	nsubj
2	gladly	gladly	ADV	_	5 consented	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 consented	cc
4	expressly	expressly	ADV	_	5 consented	advmod
5	consented	consent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 union	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 union	det
8	union	union	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consent	participle	He					to the union; expressly, gladly property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to union=Theme

Option 2

He firmly and openly refused the proposal at court

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	5 refused	nsubj
2	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	5 refused	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 refused	cc
4	openly	openly	ADV	_	5 refused	advmod
5	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 proposal	det
7	proposal	proposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 refused	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 court	case
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 refused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	He	the proposal		court		firmly, openly property	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proposal=Theme

Option 3

He agreed

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 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	He						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He said yes

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	2 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic

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