Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 58: M…

what's the deal with the salt guy, why no salt?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: deal · What happens: be

This is test 5 · ★ 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	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 what	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 deal	det
4	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 what	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 guy	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 guy	det
7	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guy	compound
8	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deal	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 why	punct
10	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 guy	acl:relcl
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 salt	det
12	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 why	nsubj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the deal with the salt guy						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

he said salt was bad for his blood

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bad	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bad	cop
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	ccomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 blood	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 blood	nmod:poss
8	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bad	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	salt					for his blood; bad property	tree rules

Option 2

he said salt was forbidden by his doctor and his faith

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forbidden	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 forbidden	aux:pass
5	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 said	ccomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 doctor	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 doctor	nmod:poss
8	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forbidden	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 faith	cc
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 faith	nmod:poss
11	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forbidden	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	forbid	past · passive	his doctor	salt					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

Option 3

he claimed salt gave him a fever

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 claimed	nsubj
2	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 claimed	ccomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fever	det
7	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give	past	salt	a fever	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient fever=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he said he couldn't eat food with salt

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 eat	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 eat	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 eat	advmod
6	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eat	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 salt	case
9	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not eat	could	he	food				with salt	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient

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