Test 13 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas…

So did the king nearly cut his head off, then?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: do, cut off · To what, where: head

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1206 «Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas slays the dragon, the Simurgh spares him and the prince wins the king's trust» 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	So	so	ADV	_	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cut	nsubj
5	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	6 cut	advmod
6	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 head	nmod:poss
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cut	obj
9	off	off	ADP	_	6 cut	compound:prt
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 did	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past					then		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cut off	past	the king	king's head				nearly property	vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=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

Nah, the king had already let him go, and the prince just laughed, mate, and left the palace

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	already	already	ADV	_	7 let	advmod
7	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 had	xcomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 let	obj
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 let	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 laughed	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 laughed	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 prince	det
13	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 laughed	nsubj
14	just	just	ADV	_	15 laughed	advmod
15	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 had	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 mate	punct
17	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 laughed	vocative
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 left	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 left	cc
20	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 had	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 palace	det
22	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	past	the king			tree rules
2	let	infinitive	the king not said here	king		tree rules
3	go	infinitive	king not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	laugh	past	the prince		mate vocative	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	leave	past	the king not said here	the palace		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, but the prince talked him round, proper smooth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 talked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 talked	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 talked	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 prince	det
5	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 talked	nsubj
6	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 talked	obj
8	round	round	ADV	_	6 talked	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 smooth	punct
10	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 smooth	amod
11	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 talked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past	the prince	him = he				round property	vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he was about to but the prince talked him round with a clever story, proper smooth

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 about	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 about	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 about	cop
5	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	5 about	xcomp
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 talked	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 talked	nsubj
10	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 about	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 talked	obj
12	round	round	ADV	_	10 talked	advmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 story	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 story	det
15	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 story	amod
16	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 talked	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 smooth	punct
18	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 smooth	amod
19	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 about	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	he		about property	tree rules
2	talk	past	the prince	him = he	with a clever story; round property	tree rules
3	be		he not said here			tree rules

Option 4

Nah, but the merchant talked him round, proper smooth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 talked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 talked	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 talked	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 merchant	det
5	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 talked	nsubj
6	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 talked	obj
8	round	round	ADV	_	6 talked	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 smooth	punct
10	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 smooth	amod
11	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 talked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past	the merchant	him = he				round property	vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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