Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Princess Parizade, part 68: the three…

Under whose supervision were the three infants reared, and by what names were the princes designated?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: three infants, names · What happens: be, designate · To what, where: supervision, princes

This is exam question 2 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	Under	under	ADP	_	3 supervision	case
2	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	3 supervision	nmod:poss
3	supervision	supervision	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reared	obl
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reared	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 infants	det
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 infants	nummod
7	infants	infant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 reared	nsubj
8	reared	rear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 what	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 what	cc
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 what	case
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 reared	obj
13	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 princes	nsubj
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 princes	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 princes	det
16	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 what	nsubj
17	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 princes	acl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 reared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the three infants		supervision	rear property	tree rules
2	is a	past	names	the princes			tree rules
3	designate	participle		the princes not said here			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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

Under the intendant's care, as Bahman and Perviz

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Under	under	ADP	_	5 care	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 intendant	det
3	intendant	intendant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 care	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 intendant	case
5	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 care	punct
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 Bahman	case
8	Bahman	Bahman	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 care	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Perviz	cc
10	Perviz	Perviz	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Bahman	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care		the intendant					as Bahman and Perviz	nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent as=obl

Option 2

By the intendant, bro

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 intendant	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 intendant	det
3	intendant	intendant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bro	punct
5	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 intendant	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

As princes, Kai

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	2 princes	case
2	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 Kai	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 princes	punct
4	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Under the sisters' care, as Kai and Ali

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Under	under	ADP	_	5 care	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sisters	det
3	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 care	nmod:poss
4	'	's	PART	_	3 sisters	case
5	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 care	punct
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 Kai	case
8	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 care	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Ali	cc
10	Ali	Ali	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Kai	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care		the sisters					as Kai and Ali	nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent as=obl

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