Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part…
what's the new job the sultan gave him?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new job, sultan · What happens: be, give · To what, where: new job, him
This is test 7 · ★ 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 | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 what | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 job | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 job | amod |
| 5 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 what | nsubj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sultan | det |
| 7 | sultan | sultan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 gave | nsubj |
| 8 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 job | acl:relcl |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 gave | iobj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the new job | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | give | past | the sultan | the new job not said here | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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
bring back a dragon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 bring | advmod |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 dragon | det |
| 4 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 bring | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring back | imperative | you not said here | a dragon | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument dragon=Destination |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
get a tiny dude with a huge beard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 dude | det |
| 3 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 dude | amod |
| 4 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 get | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 beard | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 beard | det |
| 7 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 beard | amod |
| 8 | beard | beard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | a tiny dude | with a huge beard | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dude=Stimulus |
Option 3
fetch some water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fetch | fetch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 water | det |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 fetch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fetch | imperative | you not said here | some water | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
Option 4
find a giant with a tiny beard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 giant | det |
| 3 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 find | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 beard | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 beard | det |
| 6 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 beard | amod |
| 7 | beard | beard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 find | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | imperative | you not said here | a giant | with a tiny beard | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Topic |
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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