Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Princess Parizade, part 68: the three…
What three objects did the old devotee declare to be wanting in the princess's house?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old devotee · What happens: declare, want · To what, where: house
This is exam question 4 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 declare | obj |
| 2 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 objects | nummod |
| 3 | objects | object | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 declare | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 devotee | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 devotee | amod |
| 7 | devotee | devotee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 declare | nsubj |
| 8 | declare | declare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 wanting | mark |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 wanting | aux |
| 11 | wanting | want | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 declare | advcl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 house | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 princess | det |
| 14 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 house | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 princess | case |
| 16 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 wanting | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 declare | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | declare speech: other | past · do-support | the old devotee | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | want | to-infinitive · progressive | the old devotee not said here | the princess's house | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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 Golden Bird, the Ivory Tree and the Silver Water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Bird | det |
| 2 | Golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Bird | amod |
| 3 | Bird | Bird | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Tree | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Tree | det |
| 6 | Ivory | Ivory | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Tree | compound |
| 7 | Tree | Tree | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Bird | appos |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 Water | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Water | det |
| 10 | Silver | Silver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Water | compound |
| 11 | Water | Water | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Tree | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the Golden Water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Bird | det |
| 2 | Talking | Talking | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Bird | compound |
| 3 | Bird | Bird | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Tree | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Tree | det |
| 6 | Singing | Singing | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Tree | compound |
| 7 | Tree | Tree | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Bird | appos |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 Water | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Water | det |
| 10 | Golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Water | amod |
| 11 | Water | Water | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Tree | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and a well
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Bird | det |
| 2 | Talking | Talking | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Bird | compound |
| 3 | Bird | Bird | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Tree | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Tree | det |
| 6 | Singing | Singing | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Tree | compound |
| 7 | Tree | Tree | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Bird | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Bird | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 Bird | conj |
| 10 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 Bird | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree, the Golden Water and a proper stone gate for the princess's house
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Bird | det |
| 2 | Talking | Talking | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Bird | compound |
| 3 | Bird | Bird | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Tree | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Tree | det |
| 6 | Singing | Singing | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Tree | compound |
| 7 | Tree | Tree | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Bird | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Water | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Water | det |
| 10 | Golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Water | amod |
| 11 | Water | Water | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Tree | conj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 gate | cc |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 gate | det |
| 14 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 gate | amod |
| 15 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 gate | compound |
| 16 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Tree | conj |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 house | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 princess | det |
| 19 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 house | nmod:poss |
| 20 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 19 princess | case |
| 21 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 gate | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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