Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Third Calender, part 14: the narrator…

so the narrator smashed the talisman cause he was tipsy, right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrator · What happens: smash, be · To what, where: talisman

This is test 2 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 smashed	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 narrator	det
3	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smashed	nsubj
4	smashed	smash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 talisman	det
6	talisman	talisman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smashed	obj
7	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	10 tipsy	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 tipsy	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 tipsy	cop
10	tipsy	tipsy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 smashed	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tipsy	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	10 tipsy	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 smashed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smash	past	the narrator	the talisman					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talisman=Theme
2	is	past	narrator					tipsy property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, the wine made his brain all muddled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wine	det
4	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 brain	nmod:poss
7	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obj
8	all	all	ADV	_	9 muddled	advmod
9	muddled	muddle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 made	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the wine	his brain					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material brain=Product
2	muddle	participle	the wine not said here					all property	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

yeah, he was just curious about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 curious	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 curious	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 curious	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 curious	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 curious	advmod
6	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 curious	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					about it; curious property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

nah, he did it on purpose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 did	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 purpose	case
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	he	it		purpose			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 4

nah, he was sober

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 sober	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sober	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sober	cop
5	sober	sober	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					sober property	tree rules

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