Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-afruz's Riddle, part 3…

Wait, the attendant screamed, why, was it a ghost, lol?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, attendant · What happens: wait, scream, be · To what, where: ghost

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1202 «Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-afruz's Riddle, part 3: the prince enters the garden and is taken for a madman» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 screamed	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 attendant	det
4	attendant	attendant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 screamed	nsubj
5	screamed	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 why	punct
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 ghost	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 why	punct
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 ghost	cop
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 ghost	nsubj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ghost	det
12	ghost	ghost	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 screamed	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 screamed	punct
14	lol	lol	INTJ	_	1 Wait	discourse
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	scream speech: express	past	the attendant		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	attendant	a ghost	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 · ✓ the right answer

She saw an image and got scared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 image	det
4	image	image	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 got	cc
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj
7	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	She	a image					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer image=Stimulus
2	get	past	She not said here					scared property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She saw a man and cried

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 man	det
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cried	cc
6	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	She	a man					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus
2	cry speech: express	past	She not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She saw the reflection of a madman in the water and was frightened by how wild he looked

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reflection	det
4	reflection	reflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 madman	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 madman	det
7	madman	madman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reflection	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 madman	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 frightened	cc
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 frightened	aux:pass
13	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 saw	conj
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 wild	case
15	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	16 wild	advmod
16	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 frightened	obl
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 looked	nsubj
18	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	past	She	the reflection of a madman in the water		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reflection=Stimulus
2	frighten	past · passive	She not said here		by wild	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
3	look	past	he			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

She saw a face and fled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 face	det
4	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 fled	cc
6	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	She	a face					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus
2	flee	past	She not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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