Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince l…

bruh what even is a calender in this story, is it a clock?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: calender · What happens: be · To what, where: calender, story, clock

This is test 8 · ★ 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	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	14 clock	discourse
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	1 bruh	conj
3	even	even	ADV	_	6 calender	advmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 calender	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 calender	det
6	calender	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing Typo=Yes	2 what	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 story	case
8	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 story	det
9	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 calender	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bruh	punct
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 clock	cop
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 clock	nsubj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 clock	det
14	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 clock	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a calender		this story			tree rules
2	is a	present	calender = calendar	a clock					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

a wandering holy man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 man	det
2	wandering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 man	amod
3	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wonder speech: ask	gerund							vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

a travelling merchant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 merchant	det
2	travelling	travelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 merchant	compound
3	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

a king's messenger who carries a sealed letter to the caliph

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 messenger	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 king	case
4	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 carries	nsubj
6	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 messenger	acl:relcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 letter	det
8	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 letter	amod
9	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carries	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 caliph	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 caliph	det
12	caliph	caliph	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carries	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	a king's messenger	a sealed letter		the caliph			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to caliph=Destination
2	seal	participle							vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

a dervish who lives in a wooden shack by the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dervish	det
2	dervish	dervish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 lives	nsubj
4	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 dervish	acl:relcl
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 shack	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 shack	det
7	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shack	amod
8	shack	shack	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lives	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 river	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 river	det
11	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	a dervish			a wooden shack		by the river	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shack=Location

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