Exam question 4 · Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Pete…

State the reason why Abu Nowas fears to return to the Sultan.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Abu · What happens: fear, return

This is exam question 4 of lesson 706 «Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Peter calls his dogs and wins back the girl» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 fears	advmod
5	Abu	Abu	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 fears	nsubj
6	Nowas	Nowas	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Abu	flat
7	fears	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 return	mark
9	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 fears	xcomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 Sultan	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Sultan	det
12	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 return	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	present	Abu						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	return	to-infinitive	Abu not said here					to the Sultan result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to sultan=Result

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 fears the Sultan will send his soldiers to chase him away

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 fears	nsubj
2	fears	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sultan	det
4	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 send	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 send	aux
6	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fears	ccomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 soldiers	nmod:poss
8	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 send	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 chase	mark
10	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 send	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 chase	obj
12	away	away	ADV	_	10 chase	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fear	present	He			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	send	future	the Sultan	Sultan's soldiers		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=Theme
3	chase away	to-infinitive	the Sultan not said here	Sultan	away property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He fears the Sultan will command his servants to turn him from the door

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 fears	nsubj
2	fears	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sultan	det
4	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 command	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 command	aux
6	command	command	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fears	ccomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 servants	nmod:poss
8	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 command	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 turn	mark
10	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 command	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 turn	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 door	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 door	det
14	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	fear	present	He			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	command	future	the Sultan	Sultan's servants		vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent servant=Eventuality
3	turn	to-infinitive	the Sultan not said here	Sultan	the door	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme from door=Trajectory

Option 3

He fears the Sultan will jail him for losing the girl's ring

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 fears	nsubj
2	fears	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sultan	det
4	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 jail	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 jail	aux
6	jail	jail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fears	ccomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 jail	obj
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 losing	mark
9	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 jail	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 girl	det
11	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ring	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 girl	case
13	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 losing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	fear	present	He		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	jail	future	the Sultan	him = he	vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	lose	gerund	the Sultan not said here	the girl's ring	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Eventuality

Option 4

He fears the Sultan will command his servants to turn him from the door and beat him with sticks

The tree, 19 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 fears	nsubj
2	fears	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sultan	det
4	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 command	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 command	aux
6	command	command	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fears	ccomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 servants	nmod:poss
8	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 command	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 turn	mark
10	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 command	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 turn	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 door	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 door	det
14	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turn	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 beat	cc
16	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 command	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 beat	obj
18	with	with	ADP	_	19 sticks	case
19	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 beat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fear	present	He				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	command	future	the Sultan	Sultan's servants			vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent servant=Eventuality
3	turn	to-infinitive	the Sultan not said here	Sultan	the door		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme from door=Trajectory
4	beat	infinitive	the Sultan not said here	Sultan		with sticks	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with stick=Instrument

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