Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, Princess Parizade, part 69: Prince Bahman…

Identify the object which Prince Bahman entrusted to his sister as a sign of his survival.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Prince · What happens: identify, entrust, sign, survive · To what, where: object, sister, survival

This is exam question 1 of lesson 229 «Arabian Nights, Princess Parizade, part 69: Prince Bahman turns to black stone on the mountain» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 object	det
3	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 entrusted	obj
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 entrusted	nsubj
6	Bahman	Bahman	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Prince	flat
7	entrusted	entrust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 object	acl:relcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 sister	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sister	nmod:poss
10	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 entrusted	obl
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 sign	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 sign	det
13	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 entrusted	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 survival	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 survival	nmod:poss
16	survival	survival	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sign	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the object			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme
2	entrust	past	Prince	the object	Prince's sister	as a sign of Prince's survival	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Theme to sister=Recipient
3	sign			Prince's survival			nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient
4	survive		Prince				nom survival «state 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

a letter sealed with wax

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 letter	det
2	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 letter	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 wax	case
5	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal	participle		a letter not said here				with wax	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

a sharp knife drawn from the belt he wore at his side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 knife	det
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 knife	amod
3	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wore	nsubj
4	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 knife	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 belt	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 belt	det
7	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drawn	obl
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wore	nsubj
9	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 side	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 side	nmod:poss
12	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	participle		a sharp knife not said here				from the belt	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from belt=Co-Patient
2	wear	past	a sharp knife			his side			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at side=Source

Option 3

a dagger taken from his sash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dagger	det
2	dagger	dagger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dagger	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 sash	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sash	nmod:poss
6	sash	sash	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	participle		a dagger not said here		his sash			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from sash=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

a knife drawn from his belt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 knife	det
2	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 knife	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 belt	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 belt	nmod:poss
6	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	participle		a knife not said here				from his belt	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from belt=Co-Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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