Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genius, part 2: Scheh…

no way the Sultan just waited? why'd he wait instead of killing her?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sultan · What happens: wait, kill · To what, where: way, her

This is test 8 · ★ 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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waited	obl:unmarked
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sultan	det
4	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 waited	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 waited	advmod
6	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 waited	punct
8	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 wait	advmod
9	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 wait	aux
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wait	nsubj
11	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 waited	advcl
12	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	14 killing	mark
13	of	of	ADP	_	12 instead	fixed
14	killing	kill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 wait	advcl
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 killing	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 waited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	past	the Sultan	no way	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	wait	would	Sultan		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	kill	gerund	Sultan not said here	her = she	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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

he feared the vizir's anger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vizir	det
4	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 anger	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 vizir	case
6	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feared	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	he	the vizir's anger					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anger=Stimulus
2	anger		the vizir						nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he wanted to hear the ending

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 hear	mark
4	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ending	det
6	ending	ending	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	hear not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the ending					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer ending=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

he was so interested in the genie's tale that he forgot about her death entirely

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 interested	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 interested	cop
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 interested	advmod
4	interested	interested	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 tale	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 genie	det
7	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tale	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 genie	case
9	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 interested	obl
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 forgot	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 forgot	nsubj
12	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 interested	advcl
13	about	about	ADP	_	15 death	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 death	nmod:poss
15	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 forgot	obl
16	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	12 forgot	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	he	the genie's tale	interested property	tree rules
2	forget	past	he		about her death; entirely property	tree rules
3	tell		the genie			nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
4	die		her = she			nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

he wanted to hear how the merchant's story would end before deciding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 hear	mark
4	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 end	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 merchant	det
7	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 story	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 merchant	case
9	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 end	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 end	aux
11	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hear	ccomp
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 deciding	mark
13	deciding	decide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 end	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	want	past	he	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	hear not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	end	would	the merchant's story	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	decide	gerund	the merchant's story not said here	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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