Test 9 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, part 25: Moti rides a s…

Ngl, the king had a war on, so what did he do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ngl, king · What happens: have on, do · To what, where: war

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1300 «Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, part 25: Moti rides a stolen-looking horse, catches a tiger, and chooses a pony» 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 war	det
7	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	5 had	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 do	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 do	advmod
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 do	obj
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 do	aux
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 do	nsubj
14	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 had	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have on	past	Ngl	a war					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Patient
2	do	past · do-support	king						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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

He called his army and went to war

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 army	nmod:poss
4	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 went	cc
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 war	case
8	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	He	his army					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent army=Recipient
2	go	past	He not said here			war			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to war=Initial_Location

Option 2

He hired the Afghans to fight for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hired	nsubj
2	hired	hire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Afghans	det
4	Afghans	Afghan	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 hired	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fight	mark
6	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hired	advcl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fight	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hire	past	He	the Afghans					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent afghan=Theme
2	fight	to-infinitive	He not said here					for him = he	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He sent for Moti, who was super chill about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 Moti	case
4	Moti	Moti	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 chill	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 chill	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 chill	cop
8	super	super	ADV	_	9 chill	advmod
9	chill	chill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Moti	amod
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 chill	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	He					for Moti	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	Moti					about it; chill, super property	tree rules

Option 4

He sent for the Afghans and paid them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 Afghans	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Afghans	det
5	Afghans	Afghan	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 sent	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 paid	cc
7	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sent	conj
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 paid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	He					for the Afghans	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	pay	past	He not said here	Afghans = afghan					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset

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