Test 12 · ★ · Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sul…

What did the bro have to do before the clothes, like?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro · What happens: do, have

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1772 «Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sultan's favour and dresses its master in fine clothes» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bro	det
4	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	nsubj
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	ccomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 have	xcomp
8	before	before	ADP	_	10 clothes	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 clothes	det
10	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 do	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 like	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	5 have	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	do	past			tree rules
2	have	present	the bro		tree rules
3	do	to-infinitive	the bro not said here	before the clothes	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

have a rest and sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	have	have	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rest	det
3	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 have	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sleep	cc
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rest	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	imperative	you not said here	a rest and sleep					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

have a wash and rub earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	have	have	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wash	det
3	wash	wash	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 have	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 rub	cc
5	rub	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 have	conj
6	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rub	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	imperative	you not said here	a wash					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wash=Patient
2	rub	present	you not said here	earth					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent earth=Theme

Option 3

have a long bath with oil and then sit by the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	have	have	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bath	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bath	amod
4	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 have	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 oil	case
6	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bath	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sit	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 sit	advmod
9	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 have	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 fire	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fire	det
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	imperative	you not said here	a long bath				with oil	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=Patient
2	sit	infinitive	you not said here				then	by the fire	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

have a proper wash, get dressed and then rub earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	have	have	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wash	det
3	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wash	amod
4	wash	wash	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 have	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dressed	punct
6	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 dressed	aux:pass
7	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 have	parataxis
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 rub	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 rub	advmod
10	rub	rub	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 have	conj
11	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rub	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	have	imperative	you not said here	a proper wash		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wash=Patient
2	dress	infinitive · passive				vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»
3	rub	infinitive	you not said here	earth	then	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent earth=Theme

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