Test 13 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genius, part 2: Scheh…

lol the vizir was super happy the Sultan didn't yell, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: vizir · What happens: be, not yell · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 happy	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 vizir	det
3	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 happy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 happy	cop
5	super	super	ADV	_	6 happy	advmod
6	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 yell	csubj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sultan	det
8	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 happy	nsubj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 yell	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 yell	advmod
11	yell	yell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 yell	punct
13	right	right	INTJ	_	11 yell	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 yell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the vizir					happy, super property	tree rules
2	not yell speech: express	past · do-support							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

yes, he was delighted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 delighted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 delighted	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 delighted	cop
5	delighted	delighted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					delighted property	tree rules

Option 2

yes, he was relieved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 relieved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 relieved	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 relieved	cop
5	relieved	relieved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					relieved property	tree rules

Option 3

yes, he was pleased

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 pleased	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 pleased	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 pleased	cop
5	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					pleased property	tree rules

Option 4

yes, he was delighted because the Sultan did not yell at him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 delighted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 delighted	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 delighted	cop
5	delighted	delighted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 yell	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sultan	det
8	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 yell	nsubj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 yell	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 yell	advmod
11	yell	yell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 delighted	advcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 yell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					delighted property	tree rules
2	not yell speech: express	past · do-support	the Sultan					at him = he	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at he=Stimulus

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