Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 10:…

Mate, what did the golden sign over the door basically warn about?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: warn

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 170 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 10: three shaven Calenders come to the ladies' house, and the mystery of the dogs and the scars begins» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 warn	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 warn	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sign	det
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sign	amod
7	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	over	over	ADP	_	10 door	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
11	basically	basically	ADV	_	12 warn	advmod
12	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	about	about	ADP	_	12 warn	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 warn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	past · do-support	Mate					basically property	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: 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

Dodgy blokes getting cash lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 blokes	amod
2	blokes	bloke	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 blokes	acl
4	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 getting	obj
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 cash	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	gerund	Dodgy blokes not said here	cash					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cash=Stimulus
2	lose	participle		cash not said here					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Nosey lot getting truths they hate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nosey	nosey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lot	amod
2	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 getting	obl:unmarked
3	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
4	truths	truth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 getting	obj
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hate	nsubj
6	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 getting	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	gerund		Nosey lot					tree rules
2	hate	present	truths = truth						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Lazy staff getting sacked quick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 staff	amod
2	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sacked	nsubj
3	getting	get	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sacked	aux:pass
4	sacked	sack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sacked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sack	gerund · passive		Lazy staff				quick property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Thieves getting caught

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thieves	thief	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Thieves	acl
3	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 getting	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	gerund	Thieves not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	catch	participle	Thieves not said here						vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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