Exam question 1 · Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah, part 67: three sist…

Which action did the Sultan Kosrouschah undertake after his father's interment?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, father · What happens: undertake, inter

This is exam question 1 of lesson 227 «Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah, part 67: three sisters' wishes come true, and the cradles float away» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 undertake	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 undertake	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Kosrouschah	det
5	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Kosrouschah	compound
6	Kosrouschah	Kosrouschah	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 undertake	nsubj
7	undertake	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	after	after	ADP	_	12 interment	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 father	nmod:poss
10	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 interment	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 father	case
12	interment	interment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 undertake	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 undertake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	past · do-support	which action				after Kosrouschah's father's interment		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	inter		Kosrouschah's father						nom interment «event transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

He departed the palace in plain attire

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 departed	nsubj
2	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 palace	det
4	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 departed	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 attire	case
6	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 attire	amod
7	attire	attire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 palace	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depart	past	He	the palace		plain attire			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Initial_Location

Option 2

He travelled north to the border

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 travelled	nsubj
2	travelled	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	north	north	ADV	_	2 travelled	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 border	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 border	det
6	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 travelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	past	He			the border		north property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to border=Destination

Option 3

He stayed inside

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 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	inside	inside	ADV	_	2 stayed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	He					inside property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He ordered a grand feast in the hall

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 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 feast	det
4	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feast	amod
5	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ordered	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 hall	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hall	det
8	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ordered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	He	a grand feast		the hall			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme

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