Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Third Calender, part 14: the narrator…
did the old man bring the stuff back to the tailor's?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old man · What happens: bring · To what, where: stuff
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 174 «Arabian Nights, The Third Calender, part 14: the narrator smashes the talisman, and the genius catches him» 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 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 bring | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 man | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 man | amod |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bring | nsubj |
| 5 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stuff | det |
| 7 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bring | obj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 bring | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 tailor | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 tailor | det |
| 11 | tailor | tailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 back | obl |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 tailor | case |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 bring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past · do-support | the old man | the stuff | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent stuff=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
yeah, the hatchet and the slippers, and also the sabre he had dropped
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 hatchet | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hatchet | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hatchet | det |
| 4 | hatchet | hatchet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 slippers | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 slippers | det |
| 7 | slippers | slipper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hatchet | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sabre | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 sabre | cc |
| 10 | also | also | ADV | _ | 12 sabre | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sabre | det |
| 12 | sabre | sabre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hatchet | conj |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 dropped | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 dropped | aux |
| 15 | dropped | drop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 sabre | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | past · perfect | he | the sabre not said here | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sabre=Theme |
Option 2
yeah, the hatchet and the turban
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 hatchet | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hatchet | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hatchet | det |
| 4 | hatchet | hatchet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 turban | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 turban | det |
| 7 | turban | turban | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hatchet | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
nah, he left them in the palace and the tailor never saw them again
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 left | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 left | nsubj |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 left | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 palace | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 palace | det |
| 8 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 left | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 saw | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 tailor | det |
| 11 | tailor | tailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 saw | nsubj |
| 12 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 13 saw | advmod |
| 13 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 left | conj |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 saw | obj |
| 15 | again | again | ADV | _ | 13 saw | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | he | them = they | the palace | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme in palace=Location | |||
| 2 | not see | past | the tailor | them = they | again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, the hatchet and the slippers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 hatchet | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hatchet | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hatchet | det |
| 4 | hatchet | hatchet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 slippers | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 slippers | det |
| 7 | slippers | slipper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hatchet | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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