Exam question 4 · Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu Nowas fakes his wif…

What does the new tale concern, in its opening lines?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: new tale concern

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 concern	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 concern	amod
5	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concern	compound
6	concern	concern	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lines	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 lines	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 lines	nmod:poss
10	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lines	compound
11	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 concern	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the new tale concern and its opening lines					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent concern=Eventuality

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

A sick wife who rejects the honey her husband fetched from the forest for her cure.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wife	det
2	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wife	amod
3	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fetched	nsubj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 rejects	nsubj
5	rejects	reject	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wife	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 honey	det
7	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rejects	obj
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 husband	nmod:poss
9	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rejects	obj
10	fetched	fetch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 forest	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 forest	det
13	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fetched	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 cure	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 cure	nmod:poss
16	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fetched	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 fetched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reject	present	a sick wife	the honey					tree rules
2	fetch	past	a sick wife			the forest		for wife's cure	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent from forest=Source for cure=Asset

Option 2

A husband who collects honey for his wife, who will not touch the pan because of bees.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 husband	det
2	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 touch	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 collects	nsubj
4	collects	collect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 husband	acl:relcl
5	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 collects	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 wife	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 wife	nmod:poss
8	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 collects	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 touch	punct
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 touch	nsubj
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 touch	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 touch	advmod
13	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 pan	det
15	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 touch	obj
16	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	18 bees	case
17	of	of	ADP	_	16 because	fixed
18	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 touch	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 touch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	present	a husband	honey				for husband's wife	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honey=Theme
2	not touch	future	a husband	the pan				because bees	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pan=Co-Theme

Option 3

A husband who fetches sweet honey for his ailing wife, who spurns it because of the insects inside.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 husband	det
2	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 fetches	nsubj
4	fetches	fetch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 husband	acl:relcl
5	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 honey	amod
6	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fetches	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 wife	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wife	nmod:poss
9	ailing	ailing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wife	compound
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fetches	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 spurns	punct
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 spurns	nsubj
13	spurns	spurn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 wife	acl:relcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 spurns	obj
15	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	18 insects	case
16	of	of	ADP	_	15 because	fixed
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 insects	det
18	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 spurns	obl
19	inside	inside	ADV	_	18 insects	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 husband	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fetch	present	a husband	sweet honey				for husband's ailing wife	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent honey=Theme for wife=Beneficiary
2	spurn	present	husband's ailing wife	honey				because the insects	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A husband who brings wild honey to his sick wife, who refuses it because it contains dead bees.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 husband	det
2	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 refuses	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 brings	nsubj
4	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 husband	acl:relcl
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 honey	amod
6	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brings	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 wife	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wife	nmod:poss
9	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wife	amod
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brings	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 refuses	punct
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 refuses	nsubj
13	refuses	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 refuses	obj
15	because	because	SCONJ	_	17 contains	mark
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 contains	nsubj
17	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 refuses	advcl
18	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 bees	amod
19	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 contains	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 refuses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	bring	present	a husband	wild honey	husband's sick wife	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent honey=Theme to wife=Destination
2	refuse	present	a husband	honey		vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	contain	present	honey	dead bees		vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bee=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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