Test 13 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fai…

and how did the crier get his cash in the end?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: crier · What happens: get, cash · To what, where: cash, end

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1493 «Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 80: Houssain buys a magic tapestry in Bisnagar» 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	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 get	cc
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 get	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crier	det
5	crier	crier	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cash	nmod:poss
8	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 end	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 end	det
11	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	the crier	crier's cash			in the end		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cash=Stimulus
2	cash		crier						nom cash «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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 sold the tapestry for forty

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 sold	nsubj
2	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tapestry	det
4	tapestry	tapestry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 forty	case
6	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	He	the tapestry				for forty	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent tapestry=Theme for forty=Asset

Option 2

Houssain handed over forty purses of coin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Houssain	Houssain	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 handed	nsubj
2	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 purses	case
4	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 purses	nummod
5	purses	purse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 handed	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 coin	case
7	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 purses	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand	past	Houssain			forty purses of coin			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Houssain paid him forty purses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Houssain	Houssain	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 paid	nsubj
2	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 paid	obj
4	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 purses	nummod
5	purses	purse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 paid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past	Houssain		him = he				vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient purse=Asset

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Houssain paid him forty pieces of gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Houssain	Houssain	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 paid	nsubj
2	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 paid	obj
4	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 pieces	nummod
5	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 paid	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 gold	case
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pieces	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past	Houssain		him = he				vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient piece=Asset

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