Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13…

So what did he end up doing for cash?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: end up, do

This is test 7 · ★ 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	So	so	ADV	_	2 what	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 end	obj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 end	aux
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 end	nsubj
5	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 end	compound:prt
7	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 end	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 cash	case
9	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 doing	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 end	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end up	past · do-support	he						tree rules
2	do	gerund	he not said here					for cash	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

he got a job chopping logs for some bloke who sold them at the gate

The tree, 15 words

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 logs	det
4	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chopping	compound
5	chopping	chopping	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 logs	compound
6	logs	log	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 got	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 bloke	case
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 bloke	det
9	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 sold	nsubj
11	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 bloke	acl:relcl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sold	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 gate	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 gate	det
15	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he	a chopping logs				for some bloke	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent log=Theme for bloke=Source
2	sell	past	some bloke	logs = log		the gate			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Theme at gate=Asset

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

chopping wood and selling it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	chopping	chop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 chopping	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 selling	cc
4	selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 chopping	conj
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 selling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chop	gerund		wood					vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Patient
2	sell	gerund		wood					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

he ended up doing the woodcutting thing and flogging the wood on the streets

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 ended	nsubj
2	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 ended	compound:prt
4	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 ended	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 thing	det
6	woodcutting	woodcutting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thing	compound
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 doing	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 flogging	cc
9	flogging	flog	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 doing	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wood	det
11	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 flogging	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 streets	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 streets	det
14	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 flogging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	end up	past	he			tree rules
2	do	gerund	he not said here	the woodcutting thing		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality
3	flog	gerund	he not said here	the wood	the streets	vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wood=Patient on street=Location

Option 4

selling water in the square

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 selling	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 square	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 square	det
5	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 selling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	gerund		water		the square			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

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