Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince l…

wait why wasn't the uncle around at first, was he just chilling?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, he · What happens: wait around, not be, chill · To what, where: uncle

This is test 5 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 uncle	advmod
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 uncle	cop
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 uncle	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 uncle	det
6	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	obl
7	around	around	ADP	_	1 wait	compound:prt
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 first	case
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 wait	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 chilling	punct
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 chilling	aux
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 chilling	nsubj
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 chilling	advmod
14	chilling	chill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 wait	advcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait around	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at first=Location
2	not is a	past		the uncle	tree rules
3	chill	past · progressive	he		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

he had been summoned to a council in the capital city

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 summoned	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 summoned	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 summoned	aux:pass
4	summoned	summon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 council	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 council	det
7	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 summoned	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 city	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 city	det
10	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 city	compound
11	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 summoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	past · perfect · passive		he		the capital city		to a council	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

he was busy in the market

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 busy	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 busy	cop
3	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 market	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 market	det
6	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 busy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he			the market		busy property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he was off on a hunting trip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 was	nsubj
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 was	compound:prt
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 trip	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trip	det
6	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trip	compound
7	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be off	past	he			a hunting trip			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on trip=Location

Option 4

he had gone to hunt a rare beast in the far eastern forests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gone	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gone	aux
3	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 hunt	mark
5	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gone	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 beast	det
7	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 beast	amod
8	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hunt	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	13 forests	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 forests	det
11	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 forests	amod
12	eastern	eastern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 forests	amod
13	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hunt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · perfect	he						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hunt	to-infinitive	he not said here	a rare beast		the far eastern forests			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent beast=Theme in forest=Location

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