Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 20: t…

Bro, why did Aladdin even wanna hop in the river?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Aladdin · What happens: hop · To what, where: river

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1433 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 20: the palace flies home, and the magician's brother, disguised as Fatima, asks for a roc's egg» 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hop	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hop	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 hop	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 hop	aux
5	Aladdin	Aladdin	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 hop	nsubj
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 wanna	advmod
7	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	5 Aladdin	appos
8	hop	hop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 river	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 river	det
11	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hop	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 hop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hop	past · do-support	Aladdin			the river		Bro vocative	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in river=Trajectory

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

his mom told him to jump but he changed his mind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mom	nmod:poss
2	mom	mom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	iobj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 jump	mark
6	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 told	xcomp
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 changed	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 changed	nsubj
9	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	conj
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mind	nmod:poss
11	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 changed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	his mom		him = he	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	jump not said to happen	to-infinitive	his mom not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	change	past	he	his mind		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
4	mind		his = he			nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he thought his whole life was trashed

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	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	5 life	nmod:poss
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 life	amod
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trashed	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 trashed	aux:pass
7	trashed	trash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	trash	past · passive		his whole life					tree rules

Option 3

the Sultan had sentenced him and he saw no way out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Sultan	det
2	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sentenced	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sentenced	aux
4	sentenced	sentence	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sentenced	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 saw	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 saw	nsubj
8	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sentenced	conj
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saw	obj
11	out	out	ADV	_	10 way	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sentence	past · perfect	the Sultan	him = he					tree rules
2	see	past	Sultan	no way					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus

Option 4

he lost the Princess forever

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 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Princess	det
4	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj
5	forever	forever	ADV	_	2 lost	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	he	the Princess				forever property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality

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