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

Wait, why's the old bloke's wife a deer, that's well weird?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, that · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: wife

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wife	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 wife	advmod
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 wife	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bloke	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bloke	amod
7	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wife	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 bloke	case
9	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 deer	det
11	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wife	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 weird	punct
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 weird	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 weird	cop
15	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 weird	advmod
16	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wait	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present		the old bloke's wife and a deer		tree rules
3	is	present	that		weird, well property	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 · ✓ the right answer

Cos she was changed by magic, so it's the story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 changed	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 changed	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 changed	aux:pass
4	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 magic	case
6	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 changed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 story	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 story	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 story	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 story	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 story	det
12	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 changed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past · passive	magic	she					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	is a	present	magic	the story					tree rules

Option 2

Cos she was changed into a deer by magic and that's just how the story goes, mate

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 changed	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 changed	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 changed	aux:pass
4	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 mate	advcl
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 deer	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 deer	det
7	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 changed	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 magic	case
9	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 changed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 goes	cc
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 goes	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 goes	cop
13	just	just	ADV	_	17 goes	advmod
14	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	17 goes	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 story	det
16	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 goes	nsubj
17	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 changed	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 changed	punct
19	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past · passive	magic	she				into a deer result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent subject=Patient into deer=Result
2	is	present	that					go property	tree rules

Option 3

Cos his wife was cursed by magic when she was a human and the story says she became a deer for ever

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 cursed	mark
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 wife	nmod:poss
3	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cursed	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cursed	aux:pass
5	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 says	ccomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 magic	case
7	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cursed	obl
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 human	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 human	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 human	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 human	det
12	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cursed	advcl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 story	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 story	det
15	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 human	conj
16	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 became	nsubj
18	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 says	ccomp
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 deer	det
20	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 became	xcomp
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 ever	case
22	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	18 became	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	curse	past · passive	magic	his wife		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	is	past	wife		human property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	present				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	become	past	wife	a deer		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Cos she was turned by a curse, that's the story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 turned	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 turned	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 turned	aux:pass
4	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 curse	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 curse	det
7	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turned	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 story	punct
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 story	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 story	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 story	det
12	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 curse	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · passive	a curse and the story	she					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme subject=Result
2	is a	present	that	the story					tree rules

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