Exam question 1 · Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the…

Which of the following most accurately describes the condition under which the Princess Parizade succeeds in obtaining the Talking Bird?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Princess Parizade · What happens: follow, describe, succeed, obtain · To what, where: condition, Talking Bird

This is exam question 1 of lesson 230 «Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the Golden Water, part 70: Parizade wins the bird and the Golden Water» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 condition	det
9	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	under	under	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 succeeds	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Parizade	det
13	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Parizade	compound
14	Parizade	Parizade	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 succeeds	nsubj
15	succeeds	succeed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 condition	acl:relcl
16	in	in	SCONJ	_	17 obtaining	mark
17	obtaining	obtain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 succeeds	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Bird	det
19	Talking	Talking	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Bird	compound
20	Bird	Bird	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 obtaining	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the condition		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
3	succeed	present	the Princess Parizade		the condition		vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	obtain	gerund	the Princess Parizade not said here	the Talking Bird			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bird=Theme

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

She gives the bird her silver flask

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bird	det
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	obj
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 flask	nmod:poss
6	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flask	compound
7	flask	flask	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	She	bird's silver flask	the bird				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent bird=Recipient flask=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She stops her ears with cotton and does not look behind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 ears	nmod:poss
4	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stops	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 cotton	case
6	cotton	cotton	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stops	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 look	cc
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 look	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 look	advmod
10	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stops	conj
11	behind	behind	ADV	_	10 look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	She	her ears				with cotton	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector ear=Eventuality with cotton=Subeventuality
2	not look	present · do-support	She not said here					behind property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

She offers the dervish a chaplet of pearls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 offers	nsubj
2	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dervish	det
4	dervish	dervish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offers	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 chaplet	det
6	chaplet	chaplet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offers	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 pearls	case
8	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 chaplet	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	present	She	the dervish					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent dervish=Goal chaplet=Theme

Option 4

She rides at night and sings loud songs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rides	nsubj
2	rides	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 night	case
4	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rides	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sings	cc
6	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 rides	conj
7	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 songs	amod
8	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sings	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	present	She				night		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	sing speech: express	present	She not said here	loud songs					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme

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