Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part…
Why was the Prince gutted about asking his wife?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: be, gut, ask · To what, where: wife
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1498 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 85: the Sultan asks for a magic tent and healing water» 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 gutted | nsubj |
| 5 | gutted | gut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | advcl:relcl |
| 6 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 7 asking | mark |
| 7 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 gutted | advcl |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 wife | nmod:poss |
| 9 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 asking | obj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | why property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | gut | past | the Prince | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | gerund | the Prince not said here | Prince's wife | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient |
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
He didn't wanna upset the Fairy
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 | 5 upset | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 upset | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 upset | advmod |
| 4 | wanna | wanna | X | Foreign=Yes | 5 upset | dep |
| 5 | upset | upset | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Fairy | det |
| 7 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 upset | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not upset | past · do-support | He | the Fairy | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fairy=Experiencer |
Option 2
He didn't want to annoy her
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 | 4 want | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 want | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 want | advmod |
| 4 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 annoy | mark |
| 6 | annoy | annoy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 want | xcomp |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 annoy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not want | past · do-support | He | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | annoy not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | her = she | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer |
Option 3
He didn't wanna upset the Fairy, and the magician had warned him about it
The tree, 15 words
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 | 5 upset | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 upset | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 upset | advmod |
| 4 | wanna | wanna | X | Foreign=Yes | 5 upset | dep |
| 5 | upset | upset | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Fairy | det |
| 7 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 upset | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 warned | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 warned | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 magician | det |
| 11 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 warned | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 warned | aux |
| 13 | warned | warn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 upset | conj |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 warned | obj |
| 15 | about | about | ADP | _ | 16 it | case |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 warned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not upset | past · do-support | He | the Fairy | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fairy=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | warn speech: warn | past · perfect | the magician | Fairy | about it | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about it=Topic |
Option 4
He didn't wanna upset the Fairy, cuz she could take everything back
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 | 5 upset | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 upset | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 upset | advmod |
| 4 | wanna | wanna | X | Foreign=Yes | 5 upset | dep |
| 5 | upset | upset | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Fairy | det |
| 7 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 upset | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 take | punct |
| 9 | cuz | cuz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 take | nsubj |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 take | nsubj |
| 11 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 take | aux |
| 12 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 upset | conj |
| 13 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 12 take | obj |
| 14 | back | back | ADV | _ | 12 take | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not upset | past · do-support | He | the Fairy | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fairy=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | take back | could | cuz | everything | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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