Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Third Calender, part 14: the narrator…

so the old man is actually the genie, no cap?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old man · What happens: be · To what, where: genie

This is test 5 · ★ 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	_	8 genie	advmod
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	8 genie	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 genie	cop
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	8 genie	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 genie	det
8	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cap	punct
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 cap	det
11	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 genie	appos
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 genie	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the old man	the genie				actually 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 · ← Mova's choice

nah, he was just a wandering old man who wanted to rest in the tailor's house tonight

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	9 man	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 man	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 man	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	9 man	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 man	det
7	wandering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 man	amod
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 wanted	nsubj
11	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 man	acl:relcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 rest	mark
13	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wanted	xcomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	18 house	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tailor	det
16	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 house	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 tailor	case
18	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rest	obl
19	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rest	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	wonder speech: ask	gerund					vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	he	a wandering old man			tree rules
3	want	past	a wandering old man				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	rest not said to happen	to-infinitive	a wandering old man not said here		the tailor's house	tonight	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location

Option 2

yeah, he was the king's brother in disguise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 brother	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 brother	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 brother	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brother	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 king	case
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 disguise	case
10	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brother	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	the king's brother		disguise			tree rules

Option 3

yeah, he came in disguise to test the narrator and claimed he was the grandson of a holy dervish

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 came	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 disguise	case
6	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 test	mark
8	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 came	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 narrator	det
10	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 test	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 claimed	cc
12	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 grandson	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 grandson	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 grandson	det
16	grandson	grandson	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 claimed	ccomp
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 dervish	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 dervish	det
19	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 dervish	amod
20	dervish	dervish	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 grandson	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	past	he		disguise		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in disguise=Location
2	test	to-infinitive	he not said here	the narrator			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent narrator=Theme
3	claim speech: other	past	he not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is a	past	he	the grandson		of a holy dervish	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he said he was the son of Eblis's daughter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 son	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 son	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 son	det
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 daughter	case
10	Eblis	Eblis	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 daughter	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Eblis	case
12	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 son	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	he	the son				of Eblis's daughter	tree rules

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