Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part…
did ahmed freak out when he saw him?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: ahm, freak out, see · To what, where: him
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1499 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 86: Ahmed fetches the lions' water, then meets Schaibar, the Fairy's giant brother» 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 freak | aux |
| 2 | ahmed | ahm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 freak | advcl |
| 3 | freak | freak | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 freak | compound:prt |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 saw | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 saw | nsubj |
| 7 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 freak | advcl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 saw | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 freak | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ahm | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | freak out | past · do-support | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | see | past | he | him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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
yeah, he jumped back quick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 jumped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 jumped | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 jumped | nsubj |
| 4 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 jumped | advmod |
| 6 | quick | quick | ADV | _ | 4 jumped | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump back | past | he | quick property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
yeah, he freaked out and ran behind the fairy for a while
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 freaked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 freaked | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 freaked | nsubj |
| 4 | freaked | freak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 freaked | compound:prt |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 ran | cc |
| 7 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 freaked | conj |
| 8 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 10 fairy | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 fairy | det |
| 10 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ran | obl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 while | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 while | det |
| 13 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freak out | past | he | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | run | past | he not said here | while | behind the fairy | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind fairy=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
nah, he stayed chill by the fairy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 stayed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stayed | nsubj |
| 4 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | chill | chill | ADV | _ | 4 stayed | advmod |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 fairy | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fairy | det |
| 8 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stayed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | he | by the fairy; chill property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fairy=Location |
Option 4
yeah, he freaked out and hid behind the lions for a while
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 freaked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 freaked | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 freaked | nsubj |
| 4 | freaked | freak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 freaked | compound:prt |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 hid | cc |
| 7 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 freaked | conj |
| 8 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 10 lions | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lions | det |
| 10 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hid | obl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 while | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 while | det |
| 13 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freak out | past | he | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | hide | past | he not said here | while | behind the lions | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind lion=Location |
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