Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Third Calender, part 14: the narrator…
did the genie really cut off the princess's hand, like for real?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: cut off · To what, where: genie
This is test 6 · ★ 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 cut | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 genie | det |
| 3 | genie | genie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cut | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 cut | advmod |
| 5 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 hand | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 princess | det |
| 8 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hand | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 princess | case |
| 10 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cut | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 real | punct |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 real | case |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 real | case |
| 14 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cut | conj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 cut | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut off | past · passive · do-support | the genie | off the princess's hand | 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 only cut off her finger and left the rest of her arm untouched
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 cut | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cut | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 cut | advmod |
| 5 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 finger | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 finger | nmod:poss |
| 8 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cut | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 left | cc |
| 10 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 cut | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 rest | det |
| 12 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 left | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 arm | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 arm | nmod:poss |
| 15 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 rest | nmod |
| 16 | untouched | untouched | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 left | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut off | past | he | her finger | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector finger=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | leave | past | he not said here | the rest of her arm | untouched property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, he did it with one swipe of his sabre
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | 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 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 swipe | case |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 swipe | nummod |
| 8 | swipe | swipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 sabre | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 sabre | nmod:poss |
| 11 | sabre | sabre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 swipe | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | he | it | with one swipe of his sabre | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | swipe | his sabre | nom swipe «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
yeah, he sliced it off with a dagger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 sliced | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sliced | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sliced | nsubj |
| 4 | sliced | slice | 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 sliced | obj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 sliced | compound:prt |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 dagger | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 dagger | det |
| 9 | dagger | dagger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sliced | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slice off | past | he | it | with a dagger | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with dagger=Instrument |
Option 4
yeah, he did it with one swipe of his sabre and then healed her wound with a potion
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | 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 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 swipe | case |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 swipe | nummod |
| 8 | swipe | swipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 sabre | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 sabre | nmod:poss |
| 11 | sabre | sabre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 swipe | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 healed | cc |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 healed | advmod |
| 14 | healed | heal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | conj |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 wound | nmod:poss |
| 16 | wound | wound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 healed | obj |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 potion | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 potion | det |
| 19 | potion | potion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 healed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | he | it | with one swipe of his sabre | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | heal | past | he not said here | her wound | then | with a potion | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent wound=Patient with potion=Instrument | ||
| 3 | swipe | his sabre | nom swipe «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 4 | wound | her = she | nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent |
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