Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part…
what did the fairy say when schaibar asked who he was?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: fairy, schaibar · What happens: say, ask, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★ 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 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fairy | det |
| 4 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 asked | advmod |
| 7 | schaibar | schaibar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 asked | nsubj |
| 8 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | advcl |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 asked | ccomp |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 who | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 who | cop |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past · do-support | the fairy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past | schaibar | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | past | schaibar | tree rules |
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 is my husband, brother."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 husband | punct |
| 2 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 husband | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 husband | cop |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 husband | nmod:poss |
| 5 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 brother | punct |
| 7 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 husband | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 husband | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 husband | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | He | my husband and brother | tree rules |
Option 2
"He is my guest, brother."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 guest | punct |
| 2 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 guest | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 guest | cop |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 guest | nmod:poss |
| 5 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 brother | punct |
| 7 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 guest | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 guest | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 guest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | He | my guest and brother | tree rules |
Option 3
"He is my husband, brother, so you should not be worried."
The tree, 11 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 husband | punct |
| 2 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 husband | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 husband | cop |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 husband | nmod:poss |
| 5 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 brother | punct |
| 7 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 husband | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 worried | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 worried | advmod |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 worried | nsubj |
| 11 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 worried | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 worried | advmod |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 worried | cop |
| 14 | worried | worried | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 husband | parataxis |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 husband | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 husband | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | He | my husband and brother | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not is in a quote | should | you | worried property | tree rules |
Option 4
"He is my husband, brother, so don't worry about him."
The tree, 11 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 husband | punct |
| 2 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 husband | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 husband | cop |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 husband | nmod:poss |
| 5 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 brother | punct |
| 7 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 husband | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 worry | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 worry | advmod |
| 10 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 12 worry | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 worry | advmod |
| 12 | worry | worry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 husband | parataxis |
| 13 | about | about | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 worry | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 husband | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 husband | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | He | my husband and brother | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not worry in a quote | infinitive · do-support | about him = he | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about he=Stimulus |
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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