Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles: the enc…

Ok, what was the porter's whole job?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: whole job, porter · What happens: be, job

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 169 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles: the enchantress slain, the porter invited in» 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	Ok	ok	INTJ	_	3 what	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ok	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 what	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 porter	det
6	porter	porter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 job	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 porter	case
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 job	amod
9	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 what	nsubj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the porter's whole job						tree rules
2	job		the porter						nom job «act intransitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

Hauling loads, dude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hauling	haul	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hauling	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dude	punct
4	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loads	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	haul	gerund		loads and dude					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme

Option 2

Like, carrying heavy stuff for rich people all day long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	INTJ	_	3 carrying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 carrying	punct
3	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stuff	amod
5	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carrying	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 people	case
7	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 people	amod
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carrying	obl
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carrying	obl:unmarked
11	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 carrying	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund		heavy stuff			day	for rich people; long property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme

Option 3

Basically fixing the roofs of the whole palace complex

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Basically	basically	ADV	_	2 fixing	advmod
2	fixing	fix	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 roofs	det
4	roofs	roof	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fixing	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 complex	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 complex	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 complex	amod
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 complex	compound
9	complex	complex	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 roofs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	gerund		the roofs of the whole palace complex				basically property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent roof=Patient

Option 4

Sweeping the floors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sweeping	sweep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 floors	det
3	floors	floor	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sweeping	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep	gerund		the floors					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme floor=Trajectory

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