Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genius, part 2: Scheh…

yo so Scheherazade is literally begging her dad to take her to the Sultan, like is she lowkey trying to get herself killed?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: yo, Scheherazade · What happens: beg, take, try, get, kill · To what, where: dad, Scheherazade, Sultan

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 162 «Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genius, part 2: Scheherazade wins more days by telling a tale of a merchant facing a fierce genie» 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	yo	yo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 begging	nsubj
2	so	so	ADV	_	6 begging	advmod
3	Scheherazade	Scheherazade	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 begging	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 begging	aux
5	literally	literally	ADV	_	6 begging	advmod
6	begging	beg	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 trying	advcl
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 dad	nmod:poss
8	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 begging	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 take	mark
10	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 begging	advcl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 take	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 Sultan	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Sultan	det
14	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 take	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 is	punct
16	like	like	ADP	_	17 is	case
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 trying	aux
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 trying	nsubj
19	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	Degree=Sup	20 trying	advmod
20	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
21	to	to	PART	_	22 get	mark
22	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 trying	xcomp
23	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	22 get	obj
24	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 get	xcomp
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	20 trying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	present · progressive	yo		Scheherazade's dad	literally property	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient
2	take	to-infinitive	yo not said here	Scheherazade	the Sultan		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to sultan=Destination
3	try	present · progressive	yo			lowkey property	vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	yo not said here	Scheherazade			tree rules
5	kill	participle	Scheherazade not said here				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

she's pleading with dad to deliver her to the Sultan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pleading	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pleading	aux
3	pleading	plead	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 dad	case
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pleading	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 deliver	mark
7	deliver	deliver	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 pleading	advcl
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 deliver	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 Sultan	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Sultan	det
11	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 deliver	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plead speech: request	present · progressive	she					with dad	tree rules
2	deliver	to-infinitive	she not said here	her = she	the Sultan				vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to sultan=Destination

Option 2

she's begging her dad to take her to the Sultan so she can marry him

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 begging	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 begging	aux
3	begging	beg	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dad	nmod:poss
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 begging	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 take	mark
7	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 begging	advcl
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 take	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 Sultan	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Sultan	det
11	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 take	obl
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 marry	advmod
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 marry	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 marry	aux
15	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 take	advcl
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	beg speech: request	present · progressive	she		her dad	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient
2	take	to-infinitive	she not said here	her = she	the Sultan	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to sultan=Destination
3	marry	can	she	him = he		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

she's begging her dad to take her to the Sultan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 begging	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 begging	aux
3	begging	beg	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dad	nmod:poss
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 begging	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 take	mark
7	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 begging	advcl
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 take	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 Sultan	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Sultan	det
11	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	present · progressive	she		her dad				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient
2	take	to-infinitive	she not said here	her = she	the Sultan				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to sultan=Destination

Option 4

she's begging her dad to take her to the Sultan even though it's dangerous

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 begging	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 begging	aux
3	begging	beg	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dad	nmod:poss
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 begging	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 take	mark
7	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 begging	advcl
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 take	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 Sultan	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Sultan	det
11	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 take	obl
12	even	even	ADV	_	16 dangerous	advmod
13	though	though	SCONJ	_	16 dangerous	mark
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 dangerous	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 dangerous	cop
16	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 take	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	present · progressive	she		her dad		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient
2	take	to-infinitive	she not said here	her = she	the Sultan		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to sultan=Destination
3	is	present	Sultan			dangerous property	tree rules

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