Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genie, part 3: the me…

Is the first old man's story the one about the hind, the boy and the slave?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: story one

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 163 «Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genie, part 3: the merchant goes back to the fountain, and an old man begins his tale» 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	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 one	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
3	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 man	amod
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 one	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 man	case
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 one	compound
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 one	det
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 hind	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hind	det
12	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 one	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 boy	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 boy	det
15	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 one	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 slave	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 slave	det
18	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 boy	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the first old man's story one and the boy and the slave				about the hind	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

Nah, he tells the genie a longer tale about a merchant, a hind, a boy and a slave woman

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 tells	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tells	nsubj
4	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 genie	det
6	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tells	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tale	det
8	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 tale	amod
9	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tells	obj
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 merchant	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 merchant	det
12	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tale	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 boy	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 boy	det
15	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 boy	amod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 boy	punct
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 boy	det
18	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tale	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 woman	cc
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 woman	det
21	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 woman	compound
22	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 boy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	he	the genie					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent genie=Recipient tale=Topic

Option 2

Yeah, that's the story he begins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 story	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 story	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 story	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 story	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 story	det
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 begins	nsubj
8	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 story	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that	the story					tree rules
2	begin	present	he	the story not said here					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Eventuality

Option 3

Yeah, that's the one he tells the genie to save the merchant, with the hind and the boy

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 one	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 one	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 one	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 one	det
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tells	nsubj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tells	nsubj
8	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 genie	det
10	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tells	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 save	mark
12	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 tells	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 merchant	det
14	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 save	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 hind	punct
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 hind	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 hind	det
18	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tells	ccomp
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 boy	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 boy	det
21	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	that	the one	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	present	the one	the genie	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent genie=Recipient clause=Topic
3	save not said to happen	to-infinitive	the genie not said here	the merchant	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merchant=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, that's the one he tells the genie

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 one	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 one	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 one	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 one	det
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tells	nsubj
8	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 one	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 genie	det
10	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tells	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that	the one					tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	present	he	the genie					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent genie=Recipient

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