Test 4 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peri Banou, par…
Did the brothers zoom to the Princess on the carpet?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: brothers · What happens: zoom · To what, where: Princess, carpet
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1494 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peri Banou, part 81: the brothers' gifts save the Princess» 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 brothers | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 brothers | det |
| 3 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 zoom | nsubj |
| 4 | zoom | zoom | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Princess | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Princess | det |
| 7 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 zoom | obl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 carpet | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 carpet | det |
| 10 | carpet | carpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 zoom | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 zoom | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | zoom | present | the brothers | the Princess | the carpet | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to princess=Destination |
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, they flew there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 flew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 flew | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 flew | nsubj |
| 4 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 flew | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | past | they | there | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
No, they climbed up the palace wall with ropes and a ladder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 climbed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 climbed | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 climbed | nsubj |
| 4 | climbed | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 climbed | compound:prt |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wall | det |
| 7 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wall | compound |
| 8 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 climbed | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 ropes | case |
| 10 | ropes | rope | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 climbed | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 ladder | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 ladder | det |
| 13 | ladder | ladder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ropes | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb up | past | they | the palace wall | with ropes and a ladder | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
No, they rode a horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 rode | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 rode | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 rode | nsubj |
| 4 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 horse | det |
| 6 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rode | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | past | they | a horse | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, they took a boat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 took | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 took | nsubj |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 boat | det |
| 6 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | they | a boat | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme |
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