Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Princess Parizade, part 68: the three…

Which condition did the Sultan impose upon the Sultana as the price of her continued existence?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition, Sultan · What happens: impose, exist

This is exam question 1 of lesson 228 «Arabian Nights, The Princess Parizade, part 68: the three foundlings grow up, and a pilgrim names three wonders the princess must have» 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 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 impose	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Sultan	det
5	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 impose	nsubj
6	impose	impose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 Sultana	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Sultana	det
9	Sultana	Sultana	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 impose	obl
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 price	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 price	det
12	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 existence	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 existence	nmod:poss
15	continued	continued	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 existence	amod
16	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 price	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 impose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	past · do-support	which condition					upon the Sultana; as the price of Sultan's continued existence	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	exist		Sultan						nom existence «state intransitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

That she be confined in a box at the principal mosque

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 confined	nsubj:pass
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 confined	nsubj
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 confined	aux:pass
4	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 box	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 box	det
7	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confined	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 mosque	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mosque	det
10	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 mosque	amod
11	mosque	mosque	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	infinitive · passive		That		a box		at the principal mosque	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in box=Destination

Option 2

That she be kept in the palace under heavy guard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 kept	nsubj:pass
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 kept	aux:pass
4	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 palace	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 palace	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl
8	under	under	ADP	_	10 guard	case
9	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 guard	amod
10	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	infinitive · passive		That		the palace		under heavy guard	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in palace=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

That she be confined in a box at the principal mosque, and that she never leave it until her death

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 confined	nsubj:pass
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 confined	nsubj
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 confined	aux:pass
4	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 box	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 box	det
7	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confined	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 mosque	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mosque	det
10	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 mosque	amod
11	mosque	mosque	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 box	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 leave	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 leave	cc
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 leave	mark
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 leave	nsubj
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 leave	advmod
17	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 confined	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 leave	obj
19	until	until	ADP	_	21 death	case
20	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 death	nmod:poss
21	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	confine	infinitive · passive		That	a box at the principal mosque		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in box=Destination
2	not leave	infinitive	she	mosque		until her death	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	die		her = she				nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

That she be confined in a box at the principal mosque, where every Mussulman passing must spit on her

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 confined	nsubj:pass
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 confined	nsubj
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 confined	aux:pass
4	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 box	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 box	det
7	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confined	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 mosque	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mosque	det
10	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 mosque	amod
11	mosque	mosque	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confined	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 spit	punct
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	18 spit	advmod
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 Mussulman	det
15	Mussulman	mussulman	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 spit	nsubj
16	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 Mussulman	acl
17	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 spit	aux
18	spit	spit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 mosque	acl:relcl
19	on	on	ADP	_	20 her	case
20	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 spit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	confine	infinitive · passive		That	a box	at the principal mosque	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in box=Destination
2	pass	gerund	every Mussulman not said here				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	spit	must	every Mussulman	her = she			vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent her=Theme

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