Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genie, part 3: the me…

So the cow was the slave, and she cried, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cow · What happens: be, cry · To what, where: slave

This is test 5 · ★ 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	So	so	ADV	_	6 slave	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cow	det
3	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slave	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 slave	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 slave	det
6	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cried	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cried	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cried	cc
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 cried	nsubj
10	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cried	punct
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	10 cried	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 cried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the cow	the slave					tree rules
2	cry speech: express	past	cow						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

Nah, she was a cow by then, so she just stood there and mooed a bit

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 was	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 was	nsubj
4	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 stood	parataxis
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cow	det
6	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 was	nsubj
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 then	case
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 was	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stood	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 stood	advmod
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 stood	nsubj
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 stood	advmod
13	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 stood	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 mooed	cc
16	mooed	moo	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 stood	conj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 bit	det
18	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mooed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	be	past	she			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by then=Location
2	stand	past	cow		there	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	moo	past	cow not said here	a bit		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yeah, her eyes were streaming with tears as she lowed sadly in the stable all night

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 streaming	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 streaming	punct
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 streaming	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 streaming	aux
6	streaming	stream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 tears	case
8	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 streaming	obl
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 lowed	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 lowed	nsubj
11	lowed	low	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 streaming	advcl
12	sadly	sadly	ADV	_	11 lowed	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 stable	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 stable	det
15	stable	stable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 lowed	obl
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 night	det
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 streaming	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stream	past · progressive	her eyes				night	with tears	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with tear=Theme
2	low	past	she			the stable		sadly property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, her eyes were streaming with tears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 streaming	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 streaming	punct
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 streaming	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 streaming	aux
6	streaming	stream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 tears	case
8	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 streaming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stream	past · progressive	her eyes					with tears	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with tear=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, she wept quietly in the corner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wept	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wept	nsubj
4	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	4 wept	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 corner	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 corner	det
8	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	past	she					in the corner; quietly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in corner=Theme

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