Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9: Almas follows Gul an…
so why did Gul take the beating and not even cry, sus or what?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gul · What happens: take, not cry · To what, where: beating, sus
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1208 «Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9: Almas follows Gul and unmasks the princess's secret» 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 | _ | 5 take | advmod |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 take | advmod |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 take | aux |
| 4 | Gul | Gul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 take | nsubj |
| 5 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 beating | det |
| 7 | beating | beating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 take | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 cry | cc |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 cry | advmod |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 11 cry | advmod |
| 11 | cry | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 take | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sus | punct |
| 13 | sus | sus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cry | obj |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 what | cc |
| 15 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 13 sus | appos |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 take | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past · do-support | Gul | the beating | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beating=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not cry speech: express | infinitive | Gul not said here | sus | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sus=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
she was used to it, lowkey, and she didn't wanna give him the satisfaction at all
The tree, 17 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 | 3 used | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 used | aux:pass |
| 3 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 used | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 lowkey | punct |
| 7 | lowkey | lowkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 used | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 wanna | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 wanna | cc |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 wanna | nsubj |
| 11 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 wanna | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 wanna | advmod |
| 13 | wanna | wanna | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 used | parataxis |
| 14 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 wanna | xcomp |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 give | iobj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 satisfaction | det |
| 17 | satisfaction | satisfaction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 wanna | obj |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 19 all | case |
| 19 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 wanna | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | past · passive | she | it | lowkey obl | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 2 | not wanna | past · do-support | she | the satisfaction | all | tree rules | |||
| 3 | give | infinitive | she not said here | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
she was used to it, lowkey
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 | 3 used | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 used | aux:pass |
| 3 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 used | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 lowkey | punct |
| 7 | lowkey | lowkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 used | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | past · passive | she | it | lowkey obl | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
she was scared of 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 | 3 scared | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 scared | cop |
| 3 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 him | case |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 scared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | she | of him = he; scared property | tree rules |
Option 4
she was used to it, lowkey, cause the master beat her every single day
The tree, 14 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 | 3 used | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 used | aux:pass |
| 3 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 used | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 lowkey | punct |
| 7 | lowkey | lowkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 used | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 cause | punct |
| 9 | cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 beat | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 master | det |
| 11 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 beat | nsubj |
| 12 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 used | parataxis |
| 13 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 beat | obj |
| 14 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 day | det |
| 15 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 day | amod |
| 16 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 beat | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | past · passive | she | it | lowkey obl | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 2 | cause | infinitive | the master not said here | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | |||||
| 3 | beat | past | the master | her = she | day | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location she=Theme |
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