Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 10:…

Oi, why'd the Caliph wanna knock on the door?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Caliph · What happens: knock · To what, where: door

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Oi	oi	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 knock	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 knock	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	8 knock	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Caliph	det
6	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 knock	nsubj
7	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	6 Caliph	dep
8	knock	knock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Oi	acl:relcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 door	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 door	det
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 knock	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Oi	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock	infinitive	the Caliph			the door			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on door=Location

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

Music and laughter drew him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drew	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 laughter	cc
3	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Music	conj
4	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	Music and laughter	him = he					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

The vizir pushed him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vizir	det
2	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushed	nsubj
3	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pushed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	the vizir	him = he					vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

Wine and rumours drew him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drew	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 rumours	cc
3	rumours	rumour	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wine	conj
4	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	Wine and rumours	him = he					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

He had heard about the sisters' feasts

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	3 heard	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 heard	aux
3	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	8 feasts	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sisters	det
6	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 feasts	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 sisters	case
8	feasts	feast	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past · perfect	He					about the sisters's feasts	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about feast=Stimulus

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