Test 14 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13…

What did he beg her to do at dinner?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: beg, do · To what, where: her, dinner

This is test 14 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 beg	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 beg	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 beg	nsubj
4	beg	beg	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 beg	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 beg	xcomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 dinner	case
9	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 beg	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past · do-support	he		her = she				tree rules
2	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here			dinner			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

leave the cave and go with him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cave	det
3	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 leave	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 go	cc
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 leave	conj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	the cave					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Theme
2	go	infinitive	you not said here					with him = he	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary

Option 2

break all the chains and bonds and then travel back up to the surface with him

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	break	break	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 chains	det:predet
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chains	det
4	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 break	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bonds	cc
6	bonds	bond	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chains	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 travel	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 travel	advmod
9	travel	travel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 break	conj
10	back	back	ADV	_	11 up	advmod
11	up	up	ADV	_	9 travel	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 surface	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 surface	det
14	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 travel	obl
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 travel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	imperative	you not said here	all chains and bonds					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chain=Patient
2	travel	infinitive	you not said here			the surface	then	with him = he	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to surface=Destination

Option 3

escape and head home with him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	escape	escape	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 head	cc
3	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 escape	conj
4	home	home	ADV	_	1 escape	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 escape	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	imperative	you not said here					with him = he; home property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

break free and come home with him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	break	break	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 break	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 come	cc
4	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 break	conj
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	imperative	you not said here					free property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	come	infinitive	you not said here					with him = he; home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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