Test 4 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Greek King and the Physician Douban, p…

Wait, the husband chucked the parrot on the floor, yeah? Why?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, husband · What happens: wait, chuck · To what, where: parrot, floor

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 166 «Arabian Nights, The Greek King and the Physician Douban, part 6: the king doubts the vizir, then condemns the physician to death» 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

Sentence 1: Wait, the husband chucked the parrot on the floor, yeah?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 chucked	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 husband	det
4	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chucked	nsubj
5	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parrot	det
7	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chucked	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 floor	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 floor	det
10	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chucked	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	1 Wait	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	chuck	past	the husband	the parrot		the floor			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent parrot=Theme on floor=Destination

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.

Sentence 2: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

he thought it was fibbing about the storm, which had not come at all

The tree, 14 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	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fibbing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fibbing	aux
5	fibbing	fib	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 thought	ccomp
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 storm	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 storm	det
8	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fibbing	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 come	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 come	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 come	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 come	advmod
13	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 storm	acl:relcl
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	fib	past · progressive	it		about the storm	tree rules
3	not come	past · perfect	the storm	all		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location

Option 2

he thought it was fibbing about the storm and wanted it quiet

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fibbing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fibbing	aux
5	fibbing	fib	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 thought	ccomp
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 storm	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 storm	det
8	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fibbing	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wanted	cc
10	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wanted	obj
12	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wanted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	fib	past · progressive	it		about the storm	tree rules
3	want	past	he not said here	storm	quiet property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he thought it was fibbing about the storm

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fibbing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fibbing	aux
5	fibbing	fib	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 thought	ccomp
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 storm	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 storm	det
8	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fibbing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	fib	past · progressive	it					about the storm	tree rules

Option 4

it had told him a lie about the weather

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	aux
3	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lie	det
6	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 weather	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 weather	det
9	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lie	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		it	him = he				tree rules

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