Test 13 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13…

How'd she call for help if she needed it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: call, need · To what, where: help · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 call	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 call	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 call	nsubj
4	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 help	case
6	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	obl
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 needed	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 needed	nsubj
9	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 call	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 needed	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	would	she					for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient
2	need a condition, not said to happen	past	she	help					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=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

she rubs some magic stone that's hidden up on the wall of the room near the door

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rubs	nsubj
2	rubs	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 stone	det
4	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stone	amod
5	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rubs	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 hidden	nsubj:pass
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hidden	aux:pass
8	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 stone	acl:relcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 hidden	compound:prt
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 wall	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wall	det
12	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hidden	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 room	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 room	det
15	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wall	nmod
16	near	near	ADP	_	18 door	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 door	det
18	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 room	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	present	she	some magic stone					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent stone=Theme
2	hide up	present · passive		some magic stone		the wall of the room near the door			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient on wall=Location

Option 2

press a charm near the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	press	press	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 charm	det
3	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 press	obj
4	near	near	ADP	_	6 door	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 press	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	imperative	you not said here	a charm		the door			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

touch a talisman by her door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 talisman	det
3	talisman	talisman	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 touch	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 door	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 door	nmod:poss
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 touch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	imperative	you not said here	a talisman				by her door	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent talisman=Experiencer by door=Theme

Option 4

tap the lamp by the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lamp	det
3	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 tap	nmod:unmarked
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 wall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wall	det
6	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 tap	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tap		the wall						nom tap «event intransitive»: by=agent

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