Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 10:…

Bro, what did the dog do when Zobeida whipped it?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, Zobeida · What happens: do, whip · To what, where: dog

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 do	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 whipped	advmod
9	Zobeida	Zobeida	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 whipped	nsubj
10	whipped	whip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 whipped	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	the dog					Bro vocative	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	whip	past	Zobeida	dog					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent it=Material

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

Wagged its tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wagged	wag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 tail	nmod:poss
3	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wagged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wag	past		its tail					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient

Option 2

Whimpered and crawled under the cushions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whimpered	whimper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 crawled	cc
3	crawled	crawl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Whimpered	conj
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 cushions	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cushions	det
6	cushions	cushion	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Whimpered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whimper	participle				the cushions			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	crawl	participle							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Howled and stared at her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Howled	howl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 stared	cc
3	stared	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Howled	conj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 her	case
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	howl	past							vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stare	past						at her = she	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme

Option 4

Growled and lunged at the eunuchs by the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Growled	growl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 lunged	cc
3	lunged	lunge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Growled	conj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 eunuchs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eunuchs	det
6	eunuchs	eunuch	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Growled	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 door	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 door	det
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Growled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	growl	participle						at the eunuchs; by the door	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at eunuch=Stimulus
2	lunge	participle							tree rules

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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