Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 65: the Indian i…

Which of the following accurately describes the outcome of the Sultan's consultation with the physicians of his court?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sultan · What happens: follow, describe, consult · To what, where: outcome

This is exam question 4 of lesson 225 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 65: the Indian is killed and the princess pretends to be mad» 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 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 outcome	det
8	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 consultation	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Sultan	det
11	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 consultation	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Sultan	case
13	consultation	consultation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 outcome	nmod
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 physicians	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 physicians	det
16	physicians	physician	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 consultation	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 court	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 court	nmod:poss
19	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 physicians	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the outcome of the Sultan's consultation with the physicians of his court	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme
3	consult		the Sultan		with the physicians of his court	nom consultation «communication intransitive»: poss=agent with=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 · ✓ the right answer

They declared the madness too varied to judge without seeing the princess, and none could approach her

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 madness	det
4	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	obj
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 varied	advmod
6	varied	varied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 declared	xcomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 judge	mark
8	judge	judge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 varied	xcomp
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	10 seeing	mark
10	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 judge	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 princess	det
12	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 seeing	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 approach	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 approach	cc
15	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	17 approach	nsubj
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 approach	aux
17	approach	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 declared	conj
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 approach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	They	the madness	varied property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent madness=Attribute
2	judge	to-infinitive	They not said here			vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent
3	see	gerund	They not said here	the princess		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus
4	approach	could	none	princess		vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They said her illness was a plain fever and could be cured

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 illness	nmod:poss
4	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fever	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 fever	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fever	det
7	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fever	amod
8	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 cured	cc
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 cured	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 cured	aux:pass
12	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 said	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	They		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	her illness	a plain fever	tree rules
3	cure	could · passive	They not said here		vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»

Option 3

They agreed the madness was too varied to judge unseen, though none of them could safely approach her and her women refused to help

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 madness	det
4	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 varied	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 varied	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 varied	advmod
7	varied	varied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 agreed	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 judge	mark
9	judge	judge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 varied	xcomp
10	unseen	unseen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 judge	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 approach	punct
12	though	though	SCONJ	_	18 approach	mark
13	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	18 approach	nsubj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 them	case
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 none	nmod
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 approach	aux
17	safely	safely	ADV	_	18 approach	advmod
18	approach	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 agreed	conj
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 approach	obj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 refused	cc
21	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 women	nmod:poss
22	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 refused	nsubj
23	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 agreed	conj
24	to	to	PART	_	25 help	mark
25	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 refused	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	They			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the madness		varied property	tree rules
3	judge	to-infinitive	the madness not said here		unseen property	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent
4	approach	could	none	her = she	safely property	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
5	refuse	past	her women			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
6	not help	to-infinitive	her women not said here			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They declared the madness too varied to judge without seeing her, and all of them fled when she raged

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 madness	det
4	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	obj
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 varied	advmod
6	varied	varied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 madness	amod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 judge	mark
8	judge	judge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 varied	xcomp
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	10 seeing	mark
10	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 judge	advcl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 seeing	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 fled	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 fled	cc
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 fled	nsubj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 them	case
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 all	nmod
17	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 declared	conj
18	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	20 raged	advmod
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 raged	nsubj
20	raged	rage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 fled	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	They	the madness	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent madness=Attribute
2	judge	to-infinitive	They not said here		vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent
3	see	gerund	They not said here	her = she	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
4	flee	past	all		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	rage	past	she		vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=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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