Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 57: C…

yo, who got sent into town as the spy?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: send · To what, where: town

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1470 «Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 57: Cassim is killed and the thieves send a spy» 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	5 sent	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 sent	nsubj
4	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sent	aux:pass
5	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 town	case
7	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 spy	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 spy	det
10	spy	spy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive				town		as the spy	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

one thief dressed as a traveler

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 thief	nummod
2	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 thief	acl
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 traveler	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 traveler	det
6	traveler	traveler	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	participle		one thief not said here				as a traveler	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

a young thief disguised as a traveler carrying a heavy pack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 thief	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thief	amod
3	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carrying	nsubj
4	disguised	disguise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 thief	acl
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 traveler	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 traveler	det
7	traveler	traveler	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disguised	obl:agent
8	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pack	det
10	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pack	amod
11	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carrying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disguise	participle		a young thief not said here					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	carry	gerund	a young thief	a heavy pack					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pack=Theme

Option 3

the Captain himself, dressed as a wealthy merchant from far away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Captain	det
2	Captain	Captain	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 dressed	nsubj
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 Captain	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 dressed	punct
5	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 merchant	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 merchant	det
8	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 merchant	amod
9	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dressed	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 far	case
11	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 away	advmod
12	away	away	ADV	_	5 dressed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	participle	the Captain Captain					as a wealthy merchant; away property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Morgiana disguised as a beggar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Morgiana	Morgiana	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 disguised	nsubj
2	disguised	disguise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 beggar	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 beggar	det
5	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disguised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disguise	past	Morgiana					as a beggar	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

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