Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the…

Which statement correctly identifies the sign by which the princess knew that her brother had perished?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: statement, princess · What happens: identify, know, perish · To what, where: sign, brother · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identifies	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 identifies	advmod
4	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sign	det
6	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identifies	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 knew	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 knew	nsubj
11	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sign	acl
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 perished	mark
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 brother	nmod:poss
14	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 perished	nsubj:pass
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 perished	aux
16	perished	perish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 knew	ccomp
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	present	which statement	the sign	correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sign=Theme
2	know	past	the princess		by the sign	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	perish	past · perfect · passive		princess's brother		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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The first pearl of the chaplet remained fixed in its place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pearl	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 pearl	amod
3	pearl	pearl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fixed	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 chaplet	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chaplet	det
6	chaplet	chaplet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pearl	nmod
7	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 fixed	aux:pass
8	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 place	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 place	nmod:poss
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	past · passive		the first pearl of the chaplet		pearl's place			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient
2	pearl		the chaplet						nom pearl «possession intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

The dervish informed her in writing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dervish	det
2	dervish	dervish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 informed	nsubj
3	informed	inform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 informed	iobj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 writing	case
6	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 informed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	past	the dervish		her = she	writing			vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

Option 3

The silver flask was found empty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flask	det
2	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 flask	amod
3	flask	flask	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 found	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 found	aux:pass
5	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 found	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past · passive		the silver flask				empty property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 4

The horse returned alone to the palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 horse	det
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 returned	nsubj
3	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 returned	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 palace	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 palace	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	the horse					to the palace result; alone property	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result

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