Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree and the…

In what manner did the royal household return to the capital at the conclusion of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: do, conclude · To what, where: royal household return, manner, narrative

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 return	det
6	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 return	amod
7	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 return	compound
8	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 capital	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 capital	det
11	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 return	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 conclusion	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 conclusion	det
14	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 narrative	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 narrative	det
17	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conclusion	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the royal household return		what manner		to the capital; at the conclusion of the narrative	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent return=Eventuality
2	conclude			the narrative					nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

on horseback, with the princes riding proudly beside their father through the cheering streets

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	on	on	ADP	_	2 horseback	case
2	horseback	horseback	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 princes	punct
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 princes	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princes	det
6	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 horseback	appos
7	riding	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 princes	acl
8	proudly	proudly	ADV	_	7 riding	advmod
9	beside	beside	ADP	_	11 father	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 father	nmod:poss
11	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 riding	obl
12	through	through	ADP	_	15 streets	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 streets	det
14	cheering	cheering	NOUN	_	15 streets	compound
15	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 riding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	gerund	the princes not said here			the cheering streets		beside princes's father; proudly property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through street=Trajectory

Option 2

in a golden carriage through the city

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	in	in	ADP	_	4 carriage	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 carriage	det
3	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 carriage	amod
4	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 city	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 city	det
7	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carriage	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

in a grand procession of horses and carriages, with the princes walking beside their father and the crowd cheering

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	in	in	ADP	_	4 procession	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 procession	det
3	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 procession	amod
4	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 horses	case
6	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 procession	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 carriages	cc
8	carriages	carriage	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 horses	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 princes	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 princes	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 princes	det
12	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 horses	conj
13	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 princes	acl
14	beside	beside	ADP	_	16 father	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 father	nmod:poss
16	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 walking	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 crowd	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 crowd	det
19	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 horses	conj
20	cheering	cheer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 crowd	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund	the princes not said here	beside princes's father	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside father=Trajectory
2	cheer	gerund	the crowd not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	proceed		horses and carriages and the princes and the crowd		nom procession «event intransitive»: of=agent

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

on horseback, with the princes beside their father

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	on	on	ADP	_	2 horseback	case
2	horseback	horseback	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 princes	punct
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 princes	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princes	det
6	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 horseback	conj
7	beside	beside	ADP	_	9 father	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 father	nmod:poss
9	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 princes	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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