Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Princess Parizade, part 69: Prince Bahman…

Specify the means by which the magic ball indicated the place where the prince was to ascend.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, the, magic ball, prince · What happens: specify, mean, indicate, be · To what, where: place · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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	Specify	specify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Specify	ccomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 indicated	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ball	det
7	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ball	compound
8	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 indicated	nsubj
9	indicated	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 place	det
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 indicated	obj
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 ascend	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 prince	det
14	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ascend	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 ascend	cop
16	to	to	PART	_	17 ascend	mark
17	ascend	ascend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 place	acl:relcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	specify	imperative	you not said here			vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	indicate	past	the magic ball	the place		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot place=Topic
4	is	past	the prince	the place not said here	ascend property	tree rules

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

it rolled across the valley to the foot of a tall mountain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rolled	nsubj
2	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	across	across	ADP	_	5 valley	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 valley	det
5	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rolled	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 foot	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 foot	det
8	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rolled	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 mountain	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 mountain	det
11	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 mountain	amod
12	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 foot	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	past	it			the valley		to the foot of a tall mountain	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme across valley=Source to foot=Trajectory

Option 2

it rolled through the high grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rolled	nsubj
2	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	6 grass	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 grass	det
5	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grass	amod
6	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rolled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	past	it			the high grass			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through grass=Trajectory

Option 3

it rolled and bounced until it reached the foot of a great mountain near the sea

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rolled	nsubj
2	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 bounced	cc
4	bounced	bounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rolled	conj
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 reached	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 reached	nsubj
7	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bounced	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 foot	det
9	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reached	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 mountain	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 mountain	det
12	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 mountain	amod
13	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 foot	nmod
14	near	near	ADP	_	16 sea	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sea	det
16	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mountain	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	roll	past	it		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bounce	past			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	reach	past	it	the foot of a great mountain near the sea	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent foot=Theme

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

it rolled to the foot of a mountain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rolled	nsubj
2	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 foot	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 foot	det
5	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rolled	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 mountain	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 mountain	det
8	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 foot	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	past	it			the foot of a mountain			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to foot=Destination

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