Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 58: M…

what was the dancing for, like, the real reason?

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

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1471 «Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 58: Morgiana foils the robbers' attack and dances at supper» 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 dancing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dancing	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dancing	det
4	dancing	dancing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 like	case
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 like	punct
7	like	like	INTJ	_	4 dancing	discourse
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 reason	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 reason	det
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 reason	amod
11	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dancing	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 dancing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the dancing and the real reason					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

to keep the captain's eyes away from the jars while she worked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 captain	det
4	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eyes	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 captain	case
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	2 keep	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 jars	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 jars	det
10	jars	jar	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	obl
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 worked	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 worked	nsubj
13	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 keep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		the captain's eyes		the jars		away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer eye=Beneficiary from jar=Eventuality
2	work	past	she						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

to keep the captain distracted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 captain	det
4	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
5	distracted	distract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		the captain					tree rules
2	distract	participle	the captain not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

to entertain the rough guests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 entertain	mark
2	entertain	entertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 guests	det
4	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 guests	amod
5	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 entertain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entertain	to-infinitive		the rough guests					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus guest=Experiencer

Option 4

to give her time to kill the robbers quietly one by one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 give	mark
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 time	nmod:poss
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 kill	mark
6	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 give	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 robbers	det
8	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 kill	obj
9	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	10 one	advmod
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 kill	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 one	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	to-infinitive					time		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	kill	to-infinitive		the robbers					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus robber=Experiencer one=Result

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