Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Prince Firouz Schah: the prince wins back…
By what means did the prince effect the princess's removal from Cashmere?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess · What happens: mean, do, remove · To what, where: prince effect, Cashmere · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 3 of lesson 226 «Arabian Nights, Prince Firouz Schah: the prince wins back the princess and tricks the Sultan» 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 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 3 means | mark |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | 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 means | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 effect | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 effect | compound |
| 7 | effect | effect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 princess | det |
| 9 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 removal | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 princess | case |
| 11 | removal | removal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 effect | nmod |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 Cashmere | case |
| 13 | Cashmere | Cashmere | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 removal | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | do | past | the prince effect the princess's removal from Cashmere | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | remove | the princess | Cashmere | nom removal «act transitive»: poss=agent from=place |
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 enchanted horse, rising under thick smoke and a cloud of sweet perfume
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 horse | det |
| 2 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 horse | amod |
| 3 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 rising | punct |
| 5 | rising | rise | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 horse | acl |
| 6 | under | under | ADP | _ | 8 smoke | case |
| 7 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 smoke | amod |
| 8 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rising | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 cloud | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 cloud | det |
| 11 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 smoke | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 perfume | case |
| 13 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 perfume | amod |
| 14 | perfume | perfume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cloud | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enchant | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | rise | gerund | the enchanted horse not said here | thick smoke and a cloud of sweet perfume | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under smoke=Location | ||||
| 3 | cloud | sweet perfume | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
A flying horse with perfume
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 horse | det |
| 2 | flying | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 horse | amod |
| 3 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 perfume | case |
| 5 | perfume | perfume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 horse | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | gerund | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The enchanted horse, under smoke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 horse | det |
| 2 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 horse | amod |
| 3 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 horse | punct |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 6 smoke | case |
| 6 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 horse | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enchant | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
The enchanted horse, lifted by smoke and perfume from the braziers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 horse | det |
| 2 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 horse | amod |
| 3 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 lifted | punct |
| 5 | lifted | lift | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 horse | acl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 smoke | case |
| 7 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lifted | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 perfume | cc |
| 9 | perfume | perfume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 smoke | conj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 braziers | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 braziers | det |
| 12 | braziers | brazier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 lifted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enchant | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | lift | participle | the enchanted horse not said here | the braziers | by smoke and perfume | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent by smoke=Destination from brazier=Initial_Location |
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