Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince l…

so how'd the narrator hide his face, like was it a mask or what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: narrator, face · What happens: hide, be · To what, where: face

This is test 7 · ★ 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	_	6 hide	advmod
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 hide	advmod
3	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 hide	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 narrator	det
5	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hide	nsubj
6	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 face	nmod:poss
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hide	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 mask	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	14 mask	case
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 mask	cop
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 mask	nsubj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 mask	det
14	mask	mask	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hide	parataxis
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 what	cc
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 mask	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 hide	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	infinitive	the narrator	narrator's face					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient
2	is	past	face					like a mask	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 · ✓ the right answer

he shaved his beard and eyebrows

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 shaved	nsubj
2	shaved	shave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 beard	nmod:poss
4	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shaved	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 eyebrows	cc
6	eyebrows	eyebrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 beard	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shave	past	he	his beard and eyebrows					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Patient

Option 2

he dyed his beard black

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 dyed	nsubj
2	dyed	dye	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 beard	nmod:poss
4	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dyed	obj
5	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dyed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dye	past	he	his beard				black property	vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Patient

Option 3

he rubbed mud on his whole face

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 rubbed	nsubj
2	rubbed	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rubbed	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 face	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 face	nmod:poss
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 face	amod
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rubbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	past	he	mud		his whole face			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent mud=Theme on face=Destination

Option 4

he wore a hood and veil

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 wore	nsubj
2	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hood	det
4	hood	hood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 veil	cc
6	veil	veil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hood	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	he	a hood and veil					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hood=Theme

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