Test 6 · ★ · Eastern Stories and Legends, Nur Mahomed, part 55: the old…

So the rocks, the bridge and the robbers were all on him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: rocks · What happens: be

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1254 «Eastern Stories and Legends, Nur Mahomed, part 55: the old woman's foundling becomes a soldier, and a dog dies after a meal» 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	_	13 him	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rocks	det
3	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 him	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bridge	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bridge	det
6	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rocks	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 robbers	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 robbers	det
9	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rocks	conj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 him	cop
11	all	all	ADV	_	13 him	advmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	root	root
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 him	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the rocks and the bridge and the robbers					on him = he; all property	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yep, the king kept sending danger his way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	nsubj
5	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	sending	send	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 kept	xcomp
7	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sending	obj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 way	nmod:poss
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the king						tree rules
2	send	gerund	the king not said here	danger				king's way obl	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent danger=Theme

Option 2

Yes, the king arranged every single danger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 arranged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arranged	nsubj
5	arranged	arrange	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 danger	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 danger	amod
8	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arranged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrange	past	the king	every single danger					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent danger=Product

Option 3

Yep, all of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	3 all	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 all	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Yep, the king plotted against him all along

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 plotted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 plotted	nsubj
5	plotted	plot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	against	against	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 plotted	obl
8	all	all	ADV	_	9 along	advmod
9	along	along	ADV	_	5 plotted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plot	past	the king					against him = he; along property	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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