Exam question 3 · Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 71: the brother…

To what did Prince Bahman attribute the princes' refusal of the Sultan's invitation?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Bahman, princes, Sultan · What happens: attribute, refuse, invite · To what, where: refusal, invitation

This is exam question 3 of lesson 231 «Persian Tales, The Princess Parizade, part 71: the brothers are freed and meet the Sultan» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 attribute	obl
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 attribute	aux
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Bahman	nmod:desc
5	Bahman	Bahman	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 attribute	nsubj
6	attribute	attribute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 princes	det
8	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 refusal	nmod:poss
9	'	's	PART	_	8 princes	case
10	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attribute	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 invitation	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Sultan	det
13	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 invitation	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Sultan	case
15	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 refusal	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 attribute	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	attribute	past · do-support	Bahman Prince	the princes's refusal of the Sultan's invitation	tree rules
2	refuse		the princes	the Sultan's invitation	nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
3	invite		the Sultan		nom invitation «communication 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

their hunger after the long hunt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hunger	nmod:poss
2	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	after	after	ADP	_	6 hunt	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hunt	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hunt	amod
6	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunger	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunger		their = they				after the long hunt		nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=agent after=obl

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

their obligation to consult their sister

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 obligation	nmod:poss
2	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 consult	mark
4	consult	consult	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 obligation	acl
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sister	nmod:poss
6	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consult	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consult	to-infinitive		their sister					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Theme
2	obligate		their = they						nom obligation «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

their duty to ask the sultan's advice first and their fear of the jinn

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 duty	nmod:poss
2	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 ask	mark
4	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sultan	det
6	sultan	sultan	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 advice	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 sultan	case
8	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 ask	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fear	cc
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 fear	nmod:poss
12	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 jinn	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 jinn	det
15	jinn	jinn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fear	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive	their duty	the sultan's advice				first property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent advice=Recipient
2	fear		their = they	the jinn					nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4

their wish to stay with the bear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 wish	nmod:poss
2	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stay	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stay	mark
4	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 bear	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bear	det
7	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	to-infinitive	their wish					with the bear	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with bear=Location
2	wish		their = they						nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

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