Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13…
Who snatched her, though?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: snatch · To what, where: her
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 173 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13: robbed, a poor wood-cutter, finds a princess underground» 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 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 snatched | nsubj |
| 2 | snatched | snatch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 snatched | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 though | punct |
| 5 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 2 snatched | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 snatched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snatch | past | her = she | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
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
some kind of spirit thing, grabbed her right in the middle of the big wedding party
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 kind | det |
| 2 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 grabbed | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 thing | case |
| 4 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 thing | compound |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kind | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 kind | punct |
| 7 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 grabbed | obj |
| 9 | right | right | ADV | _ | 12 middle | advmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 middle | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 middle | det |
| 12 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 grabbed | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 party | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 party | det |
| 15 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 party | amod |
| 16 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 party | compound |
| 17 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 middle | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | past | some kind of spirit thing | her = she | the middle of the big wedding party | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 2
a massive genie dude who came and whisked her off on the night she got married
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 dude | det |
| 2 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 dude | amod |
| 3 | genie | genie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dude | compound |
| 4 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 whisked | nsubj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 came | nsubj |
| 6 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dude | acl:relcl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 came | cc |
| 8 | whisked | whisk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 whisked | obj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 whisked | compound:prt |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 night | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 night | det |
| 13 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 whisked | obl |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 married | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 married | aux:pass |
| 16 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 night | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | a massive genie dude | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | whisk off | past | a massive genie dude | her = she | night | vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | |||
| 3 | marry | past · passive | the night not said here | dude | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
a bloke, on the wedding day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bloke | det |
| 2 | bloke | bloke | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 bloke | punct |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 6 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 day | compound |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bloke | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
a genie, on her wedding day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 genie | det |
| 2 | genie | genie | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 genie | punct |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 day | nmod:poss |
| 6 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 day | compound |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 genie | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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