Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 58: M…

was the captain really wanting to kill Ali Baba, no joke?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: captain · What happens: want, kill · To what, where: Ali

This is test 9 · ★ 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	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wanting	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 captain	det
3	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanting	nsubj
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 wanting	advmod
5	wanting	want	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 kill	mark
7	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wanting	xcomp
8	Ali	Ali	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 kill	obj
9	Baba	Baba	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Ali	flat
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 joke	punct
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 joke	det
12	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Ali	appos
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 wanting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past · progressive	the captain						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	kill not said to happen	to-infinitive	the captain not said here	Ali					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ali=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yes, he planned murder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 planned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 planned	nsubj
4	planned	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	murder	murder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 planned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	past	he	murder					vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent murder=Topic

Option 2

no, he only wanted Ali Baba's gold and horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wanted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 wanted	advmod
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Ali	Ali	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Baba	compound
7	Baba	Baba	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 gold	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Baba	case
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 horses	cc
11	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 gold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	Ali Baba's gold and horses					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme

Option 3

yes, he planned murder but later changed his mind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 planned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 planned	nsubj
4	planned	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	murder	murder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 planned	obj
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 changed	cc
7	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 changed	advmod
8	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 planned	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mind	nmod:poss
10	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 changed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	plan	past	he	murder		vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent murder=Topic
2	change	past	he not said here	his mind	late property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
3	mind		his = he			nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

yes, he planned theft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 planned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 planned	nsubj
4	planned	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 planned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	past	he	theft					vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theft=Topic

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