Test 10 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the First Calender, part 11:…

was the First Calender's cousin's whole thing the same as the porter's, like going to a hiring spot?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, go · To what, where: whole thing, hiring spot

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 171 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the First Calender, part 11: the Calenders reveal who they are, and the First Calender begins his tale» 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	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Calender	det
3	First	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 Calender	amod
4	Calender	Calender	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cousin	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Calender	case
6	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thing	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 cousin	case
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thing	amod
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 same	csubj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 same	det
11	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 porter	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 porter	det
14	porter	porter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 same	obl
15	's	's	PART	_	14 porter	case
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 going	punct
17	like	like	SCONJ	_	18 going	mark
18	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 same	parataxis
19	to	to	ADP	_	22 spot	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 spot	det
21	hiring	hiring	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 spot	compound
22	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 going	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 same	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the First Calender's cousin's whole thing					tree rules
2	go	gerund				a hiring spot			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to spot=Initial_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

nah, the cousin had a feast and a secret tomb

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cousin	det
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 feast	det
7	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tomb	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tomb	det
10	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tomb	amod
11	tomb	tomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feast	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the cousin	a feast and a secret tomb					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Patient

Option 2

nah, the porter had a feast instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 porter	det
4	porter	porter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 feast	det
7	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
8	instead	instead	ADV	_	5 had	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the porter	a feast				instead property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Patient

Option 3

nah, the cousin had a sister and a basket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cousin	det
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sister	det
7	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 basket	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 basket	det
10	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sister	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the cousin	a sister and a basket					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Patient

Option 4

nah, the cousin threw a feast and later led a lady into a secret tomb

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 threw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cousin	det
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 threw	nsubj
5	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 feast	det
7	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 threw	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 led	cc
9	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 led	advmod
10	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 threw	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lady	det
12	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 led	obj
13	into	into	ADP	_	16 tomb	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 tomb	det
15	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 tomb	amod
16	tomb	tomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 led	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	the cousin	a feast					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme
2	lead	past	the cousin not said here	a lady		a secret tomb		late property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lady=Theme into tomb=Destination

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