Exam question 1 · Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu Nowas fakes his wif…

Which device does Abu Nowas employ to induce the Sultan to bestow money upon him?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: device · What happens: do, induce, bestow · To what, where: Abu employ, Sultan, money

This is exam question 1 of lesson 707 «Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu Nowas fakes his wife's death and tricks the Sultan out of gold» 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 device	det
2	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Abu	Abu	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 employ	compound
5	Nowas	Nowas	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Abu	flat
6	employ	employ	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 induce	mark
8	induce	induce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 employ	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sultan	det
10	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 induce	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 bestow	mark
12	bestow	bestow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 induce	advcl
13	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bestow	obj
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 bestow	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present	which device	Abu employ		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality
2	induce	to-infinitive	which device not said here	the Sultan		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sultan=Patient
3	bestow	to-infinitive	which device not said here	money	upon device	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

He feigns grief and persuades the Sultan to grant him a sum for the funeral.

The tree, 15 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 feigns	nsubj
2	feigns	feign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feigns	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 persuades	cc
5	persuades	persuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 feigns	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sultan	det
7	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 persuades	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 grant	mark
9	grant	grant	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 persuades	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 grant	obj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sum	det
12	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grant	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 funeral	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 funeral	det
15	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grant	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 feigns	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	feign	present	He	grief			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grief=Patient
2	persuade	present	He not said here	the Sultan			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sultan=Patient
3	grant	to-infinitive	He not said here	a sum	him = he	for the funeral	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal sum=Theme

Option 2

He weeps with pepper in his eyes.

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 weeps	nsubj
2	weeps	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 pepper	case
4	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weeps	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 eyes	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eyes	nmod:poss
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 weeps	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 weeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	present	He					with pepper; in his eyes	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in eye=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He pretends that his wife has died and requests funds for her burial.

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 pretends	nsubj
2	pretends	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 died	mark
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 wife	nmod:poss
5	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 died	nsubj
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 died	aux
7	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 pretends	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 requests	cc
9	requests	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 pretends	conj
10	funds	fund	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 requests	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 burial	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 burial	nmod:poss
13	burial	burial	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 requests	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pretends	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pretend	present	He			tree rules
2	die	present · perfect	his wife			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	request	present	He not said here	funds	for wife's burial	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent fund=Recipient
4	bury		wife			nom burial «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He claims his wife has passed and asks the Sultan for money.

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 claims	nsubj
2	claims	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wife	nmod:poss
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 passed	nsubj
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 passed	aux
6	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 claims	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 asks	cc
8	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 claims	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sultan	det
10	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 asks	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 money	case
12	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asks	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 claims	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	present	He			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	pass	present · perfect	his wife			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ask speech: ask	present	He not said here	the Sultan	for money	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sultan=Recipient

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