Test 13 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince l…

ngl what did Zobeida say at the end, was she mad?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Zobeida, ngl · What happens: say, be · To what, where: ngl, end · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 mad	nsubj
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
4	Zobeida	Zobeida	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 ngl	acl:relcl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 end	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 end	det
8	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 mad	cop
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 mad	nsubj
12	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 mad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Zobeida	ngl			at the end		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	is	past	ngl					mad property	tree rules

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

I am sorry, but you must stay here tonight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 sorry	nsubj
2	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sorry	cop
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stay	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 stay	cc
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 stay	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 stay	aux
8	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sorry	conj
9	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 stay	advmod
10	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stay	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	I					sorry property	tree rules
2	stay	must	you			here	tonight		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

you can go when you like

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 go	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 go	aux
3	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 like	advmod
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 like	nsubj
6	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 go	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	can	you						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	like	present	you						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

you may leave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 leave	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 leave	aux
3	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	may	you						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

leave whenever you choose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	4 choose	advmod
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 choose	nsubj
4	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 leave	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	choose	present	you					whenever property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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