Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the First Calender, part 11:…

wait, so the vizir basically said they got what was coming to them, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, vizir, they · What happens: wait, say, get, come · To what, where: them · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 said	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 vizir	det
5	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
6	basically	basically	ADV	_	7 said	advmod
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 got	nsubj
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 said	ccomp
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 coming	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 coming	aux
12	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 got	ccomp
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 them	case
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 coming	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct
16	right	right	INTJ	_	1 wait	discourse
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the vizir		basically property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	get	past	they			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	come	past · progressive		them = they		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to they=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

yeah, he said they only got what they deserved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 got	nsubj
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 got	advmod
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 deserved	obj
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 deserved	nsubj
10	deserved	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 got	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	past	they	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	deserve	past	they	tree rules

Option 2

nah, he said they were owed a reward now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 owed	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 owed	aux:pass
7	owed	owe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 said	ccomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 reward	det
9	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 owed	obj
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 owed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	owe	past · passive		they			now		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal reward=Theme

Option 3

yeah, he said they only got what they deserved, and nobody should pity them again

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 got	nsubj
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 got	advmod
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 got	obj
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 deserved	nsubj
10	deserved	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 what	acl:relcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 pity	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 pity	cc
13	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	15 pity	nsubj
14	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 pity	aux
15	pity	pity	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	conj
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 pity	obj
17	again	again	ADV	_	15 pity	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	past	they			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
3	deserve	past	they			tree rules
4	pity	should	nobody	them = they	again	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 4

yeah, he said they had been punished unfairly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 punished	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 punished	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 punished	aux:pass
8	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 said	ccomp
9	unfairly	unfairly	ADV	_	8 punished	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	punish	past · perfect · passive		they				unfairly property	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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