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

By what means did the Sultan's wife come to be released from her confinement?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wife · What happens: mean, come, release, confine · To what, where: confinement

This is exam question 2 of lesson 233 «Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the Golden Water: the Sultan meets his children and his wife comes home» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 come	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 come	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sultan	det
6	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 wife	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Sultan	case
8	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 come	nsubj
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	12 released	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 released	aux:pass
12	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 come	advcl
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 confinement	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 confinement	nmod:poss
15	confinement	confinement	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 released	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	come	past · do-support	the Sultan's wife		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by what=Location
3	release	to-infinitive · passive	the Sultan's wife not said here	wife's confinement	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»
4	confine		wife		nom confinement «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 · ← Mova's choice

He walked to the great mosque and drew her out of prison with his own hand at dawn

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 mosque	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mosque	det
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mosque	amod
6	mosque	mosque	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walked	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 drew	cc
8	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 walked	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 drew	iobj
10	out	out	ADP	_	12 prison	case
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 prison	case
12	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drew	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 hand	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 hand	nmod:poss
15	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 hand	amod
16	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drew	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 dawn	case
18	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	He					to the great mosque result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to mosque=Result
2	draw	past	He not said here		her = she	prison	dawn	with his own hand	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent she=Theme out prison=Initial_Location

Option 2

He drew her out of prison with his own hand after the bird spoke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drew	nsubj
2	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drew	iobj
4	out	out	ADP	_	6 prison	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 prison	case
6	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 hand	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hand	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hand	amod
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obl
11	after	after	SCONJ	_	14 spoke	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bird	det
13	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 spoke	nsubj
14	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 drew	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	He		her = she	prison		with his own hand	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent she=Theme out prison=Initial_Location
2	speak speech: other	past	the bird						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He drew her out of prison with his own hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drew	nsubj
2	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drew	iobj
4	out	out	ADP	_	6 prison	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 prison	case
6	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 hand	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hand	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hand	amod
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	He		her = she	prison		with his own hand	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent she=Theme out prison=Initial_Location

Option 4

He broke the lock with his own sword

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 broke	nsubj
2	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lock	det
4	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 broke	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 sword	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sword	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sword	amod
8	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 broke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	He	the lock				with his own sword	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent lock=Patient with sword=Instrument

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