Exam question 3 · Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: L…

State which object Labakan removes from Omar's possession and the reason he gives himself for not using it against the sleeping prince.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: State, reason, Omar · What happens: remove, give, not use, possess · To what, where: possession, reason, State

This is exam question 3 of lesson 716 «Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: Labakan steals a robe, sets off as a prince, and robs his friend» 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	5 removes	nsubj
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 object	det
3	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	nmod
4	Labakan	Labakan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 object	appos
5	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 possession	case
7	Omar	Omar	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 possession	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Omar	case
9	possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 removes	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 gives	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 reason	det
12	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gives	nsubj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 gives	nsubj
14	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 removes	conj
15	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 gives	iobj
16	for	for	SCONJ	_	18 using	mark
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 using	advmod
18	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 gives	advcl
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 using	obj
20	against	against	ADP	_	23 prince	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 prince	det
22	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 prince	compound
23	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 using	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 removes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	remove	present	State which object			Omar's possession		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from possession=Source
2	give	present	the reason		reason			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme
3	not use	gerund	the reason not said here	State			against the sleeping prince	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
4	possess		Omar					nom possession «act 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

the dagger, because he felt pity for Omar, who had been kind to him on the road from the desert town

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dagger	det
2	dagger	dagger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 felt	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 felt	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 felt	nsubj
6	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dagger	acl:relcl
7	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 felt	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 Omar	case
9	Omar	Omar	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 felt	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 kind	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 kind	nsubj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 kind	aux
13	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 kind	cop
14	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Omar	acl:relcl
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 kind	obl
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 road	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 road	det
19	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 felt	obl
20	from	from	ADP	_	23 town	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 town	det
22	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 town	compound
23	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 felt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	he	pity		the road		for Omar; from the desert town	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent pity=Location for omar=Theme
2	is	past · perfect	Omar		Omar			kind property	tree rules

Option 2

the purse, because he wanted money for the journey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 purse	det
2	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wanted	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 wanted	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wanted	nsubj
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 purse	parataxis
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wanted	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 journey	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 journey	det
10	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	money				for the journey	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme

Option 3

the dagger, since he feared the sultan's guards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dagger	det
2	dagger	dagger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feared	nsubj:outer
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 feared	punct
4	since	since	SCONJ	_	6 feared	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 feared	nsubj
6	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sultan	det
8	sultan	sultan	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 guards	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 sultan	case
10	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 feared	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	the dagger	the sultan's guards					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer guard=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the dagger, because he shrank from the idea of murder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dagger	det
2	dagger	dagger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 shrank	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 shrank	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shrank	nsubj
6	shrank	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dagger	acl:relcl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 idea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 idea	det
9	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shrank	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 murder	case
11	murder	murder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 idea	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	past	he	the dagger not said here		the idea of murder			vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dagger=Patient

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