Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peri Banou, par…

Did the lady know Ahmed's name, bruh?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lady, Ahmed · What happens: know, name · To what, where: name

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1495 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peri Banou, part 82: a lost arrow leads Ahmed to a hidden palace» 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=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lady	det
3	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 know	nsubj
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	Ahmed	Ahmed	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 name	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Ahmed	case
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 know	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 know	punct
9	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	4 know	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past · do-support	the lady	Ahmed's name					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
2	name		Ahmed						nom name «communication 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

Nah, she called him Houssain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 called	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 called	nsubj
4	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 called	obj
6	Houssain	Houssain	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 called	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	she		him = he				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 2

Yeah, she greeted him by name as soon as he arrived

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 greeted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 greeted	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 greeted	nsubj
4	greeted	greet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 greeted	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 name	case
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 greeted	obl
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 soon	advmod
9	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 greeted	advmod
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 arrived	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 arrived	nsubj
12	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 soon	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	greet speech: greet	past	she		him = he			by name; soon property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	arrive	past	he						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she greeted him by name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 greeted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 greeted	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 greeted	nsubj
4	greeted	greet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 greeted	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 name	case
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 greeted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	greet speech: greet	past	she		him = he			by name	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, she asked his age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 asked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asked	nsubj
4	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 age	nmod:poss
6	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	she	his age					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent age=Recipient

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