Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-afruz's Riddle, part 3…

Who is the negro hiding under the throne, like what is the deal?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: negro · What happens: be, hide · To what, where: negro, throne

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 negro	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 negro	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 negro	det
4	negro	negro	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	hiding	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 negro	acl
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 throne	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 throne	det
8	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hiding	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 deal	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	14 deal	case
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 deal	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 deal	cop
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 deal	det
14	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 negro	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 negro	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the negro and the deal			tree rules
2	hide	gerund	the negro and the deal not said here		the throne		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under throne=Location
3	is	present	the negro and the deal			like the deal	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 man who gave her the riddle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	iobj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 riddle	det
7	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the man	the riddle	her = she				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient riddle=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The one who told the princess the riddle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 one	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	iobj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 riddle	det
8	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the one	the riddle	the princess				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient riddle=Topic

Option 3

The old man's son who came to the garden to kill the prince and take his horse back home

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 son	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 man	case
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 came	nsubj
7	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 son	acl:relcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 garden	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 garden	det
10	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 came	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 kill	mark
12	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 came	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 prince	det
14	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 kill	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 take	cc
16	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 kill	conj
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 horse	nmod:poss
18	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 take	obj
19	back	back	ADV	_	16 take	advmod
20	home	home	ADV	_	16 take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	past	the old man's son			the garden		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to garden=Initial_Location
2	kill	to-infinitive	the old man's son not said here	the prince				vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme
3	take back	infinitive	the old man's son not said here		man's horse		home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument horse=Destination

Option 4

The negro who asked her riddle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 negro	det
2	negro	negro	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 asked	nsubj
4	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 riddle	nmod:poss
6	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the negro	negro's riddle					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent riddle=Recipient
2	riddle		negro						nom riddle «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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