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

Wait, the princess took him home, lol, what did she say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, princess · What happens: wait, take, say · To what, where: him · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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 took	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 princess	det
4	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 took	nsubj
5	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 took	obj
7	home	home	ADV	_	5 took	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 took	punct
9	lol	lol	INTJ	_	1 Wait	discourse
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 say	punct
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 say	obj
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 say	aux
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 say	nsubj
14	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	take	past	the princess	him = he	home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
3	say speech: assert	past · do-support	princess			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

She laughed and said he was a madman, so she took him to her room and gave him wine

The tree, 19 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 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 said	cc
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 madman	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 madman	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 madman	det
8	madman	madman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 took	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 took	advmod
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 took	nsubj
12	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 took	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 room	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 room	nmod:poss
16	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 took	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 gave	cc
18	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 gave	iobj
20	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	laugh	past	She				vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	She not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	he	a madman			tree rules
4	take	past	she	him = he		her room	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to room=Destination
5	give	past	She not said here	wine	him = he		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient wine=Theme

Option 2

She said he was her madman and she ordered everyone in the whole palace never to touch him or hurt him again

The tree, 22 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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 madman	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 madman	cop
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 madman	nmod:poss
6	madman	madman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ordered	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 ordered	nsubj
9	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 ordered	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 palace	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 palace	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 palace	amod
14	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ordered	obl
15	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 touch	advmod
16	to	to	PART	_	17 touch	mark
17	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 touch	obj
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 hurt	cc
20	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	17 touch	conj
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 hurt	obj
22	again	again	ADV	_	20 hurt	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a	past	he	her madman			tree rules
3	order	past	she	everyone	the whole palace		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme
4	not touch	to-infinitive		him = he			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme
5	hurt	infinitive		him = he		again	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient

Option 3

She said he was mad, so let him go

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mad	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mad	cop
5	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 let	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 let	advmod
8	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 let	obj
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is	past	he		mad property	tree rules
3	let	infinitive		him = he		tree rules
4	go	infinitive	him = he not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She said he was her madman, nobody touch him

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 madman	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 madman	cop
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 madman	nmod:poss
6	madman	madman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 touch	punct
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 touch	nsubj
9	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 madman	acl:relcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 touch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	he	her madman	tree rules
3	touch	infinitive	nobody	him = he	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-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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