Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince l…

so how'd they get into the shelter, did they pick the lock?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they · What happens: get, pick · To what, where: shelter, lock

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 172 «Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince loses his eye, his father's throne is taken, and the lovers' tomb is found» 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	so	so	ADV	_	12 pick	advmod
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 get	advmod
3	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 get	nsubj
5	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 pick	advcl
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 shelter	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shelter	det
8	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 pick	aux
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 pick	nsubj
12	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lock	det
14	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pick	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 pick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	they			the shelter			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into shelter=Destination
2	pick	past · do-support	they	the lock					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient

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

they bribed the doorman with a large silver coin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bribed	nsubj
2	bribed	bribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 doorman	det
4	doorman	doorman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bribed	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	9 coin	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 coin	det
7	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 coin	amod
8	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 coin	compound
9	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bribed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bribe	past	they	the doorman				with a large silver coin	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doorman=Patient

Option 2

they picked the lock quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 picked	nsubj
2	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lock	det
4	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 picked	obj
5	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 picked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	past	they	the lock				quietly property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

they knocked and asked nicely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knocked	nsubj
2	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 asked	cc
4	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knocked	conj
5	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	4 asked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock	past	they						vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
2	ask speech: ask	past	they not said here					nicely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

they broke down the wooden door with their shoulders

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 broke	nsubj
2	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 broke	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 door	amod
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 broke	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 shoulders	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 shoulders	nmod:poss
9	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 broke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break down	past	they	the wooden door				with their shoulders	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent door=Patient with shoulder=Instrument

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