Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince l…

bro the vizir had beef with him since when, like who started it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro · What happens: have, start · To what, where: beef

This is test 2 · ★ 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 vizir	det
3	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	beef	beef	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 beef	nmod
8	since	since	ADP	_	9 when	case
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 had	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 started	punct
11	like	like	SCONJ	_	13 started	mark
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 started	nsubj
13	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 had	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 started	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	bro	beef				with vizir	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beef=Patient
2	start	past		beef					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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

after the prince insulted him at a feast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	after	after	SCONJ	_	4 insulted	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 insulted	nsubj
4	insulted	insult	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 insulted	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 feast	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 feast	det
8	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 insulted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insult	past	the prince	him = he		a feast			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

since the prince shot out his eye as a kid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	since	since	SCONJ	_	4 shot	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shot	nsubj
4	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 shot	compound:prt
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eye	nmod:poss
7	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shot	obj
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 kid	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 kid	det
10	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot out	past	the prince	prince's eye				as a kid	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme

Option 3

since the prince got into a fight with his son at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	since	since	SCONJ	_	4 got	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 fight	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fight	det
7	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 son	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 son	nmod:poss
10	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fight	nmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 school	case
12	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the prince			a fight with prince's son		at school	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into fight=Destination

Option 4

when the prince refused his marriage proposal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 refused	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refused	nsubj
4	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 proposal	nmod:poss
6	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proposal	compound
7	proposal	proposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refused	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	the prince	prince's marriage proposal					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proposal=Theme
2	propose		prince						nom proposal «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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