Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15:…

Lol, how did the dervish end up as Sultan anyway?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: dervish · What happens: do, end up

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 175 «Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15: the dervish is saved by fairies, the cat's hairs are burned, and the narrator is turned into a monkey» 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	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dervish	det
6	dervish	dervish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 end	nsubj
7	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	conj
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 end	compound:prt
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 Sultan	case
10	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 end	obl
11	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	7 end	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	end up	present	the dervish					as Sultan; anyway property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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 proved his wisdom in a long public trial before the whole court

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 proved	nsubj
2	proved	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wisdom	nmod:poss
4	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proved	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 trial	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 trial	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 trial	amod
8	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 trial	amod
9	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proved	obl
10	before	before	ADP	_	13 court	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 court	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 court	amod
13	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	past	He	his wisdom		a long public trial	before the whole court		vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wisdom=Theme

Option 2

He saved the realm from invaders and the old king named him heir

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 saved	nsubj
2	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 realm	det
4	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saved	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 invaders	case
6	invaders	invader	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 saved	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 named	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 king	amod
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 named	nsubj
11	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 saved	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 named	obj
13	heir	heir	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 named	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	He	the realm		invaders			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent realm=Theme from invader=Source
2	name	participle	the old king	him = he					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme heir=Attribute

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The old Sultan had no sons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Sultan	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Sultan	amod
3	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 sons	det
6	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the old Sultan	no sons					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient

Option 4

Election by the nobles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	4 nobles	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nobles	det
4	nobles	noble	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Election	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elect		the nobles						nom election «act transitive»: by=agent

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