Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genie, part 3: the me…

So the old man's wife was well mean, like a proper villain?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wife · What happens: be

This is test 8 · ★ 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	_	9 mean	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wife	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 man	case
6	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mean	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 mean	cop
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 mean	advmod
9	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 villain	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	14 villain	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 villain	det
13	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 villain	amod
14	villain	villain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mean	ccomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the old man's wife					mean, 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

Yeah, she hated the boy and his mum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 hated	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hated	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hated	nsubj
4	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boy	det
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hated	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 mum	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mum	nmod:poss
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 boy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	past	she	the boy and his mum					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she hated the mum and son and wanted revenge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 hated	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hated	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hated	nsubj
4	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mum	det
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hated	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 son	cc
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mum	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wanted	cc
10	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hated	conj
11	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	past	she	the mum and son					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mum=Stimulus
2	want	past	she not said here	revenge					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot revenge=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, she hated the mum and son so much that she turned them both into animals for revenge

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 hated	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hated	nsubj
4	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mum	det
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hated	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 son	cc
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mum	conj
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 much	advmod
10	much	much	ADV	_	4 hated	advmod
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 turned	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 turned	nsubj
13	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hated	advcl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 turned	obj
15	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	14 them	appos
16	into	into	ADP	_	17 animals	case
17	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 turned	obl
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 revenge	case
19	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	past	she	the mum and son					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mum=Stimulus
2	turn	past	she	mum				into animals result; for revenge	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent they=Theme into animal=Result

Option 4

Nah, she loved them, but she was jealous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 loved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 loved	nsubj
4	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 loved	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 jealous	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 jealous	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 jealous	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 jealous	cop
10	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 loved	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past	she	them = they					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
2	is	past	she					jealous property	tree rules

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