Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident…

Yo, did the young dude really stab himself with the knife?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: young dude · What happens: do, stab · To what, where: young dude, himself

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 179 «Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident in the cave, then a lonely walk to a copper castle» 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	3 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dude	det
5	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dude	amod
6	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	really	really	ADV	_	8 stab	advmod
8	stab	stab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 dude	acl
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 stab	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 knife	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 knife	det
12	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stab	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the young dude					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dude=Eventuality
2	stab	infinitive	the young dude not said here	himself = he				with the knife	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent himself=Patient with knife=Instrument

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

No way, the knife slipped from his hand and hit him in the heart, mate, totally by accident

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slipped	obl:unmarked
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 way	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 knife	det
5	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slipped	nsubj
6	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 hand	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hand	nmod:poss
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slipped	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hit	cc
11	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 slipped	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hit	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 heart	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 heart	det
15	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hit	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 mate	punct
17	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 heart	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 totally	punct
19	totally	totally	ADV	_	11 hit	advmod
20	by	by	ADP	_	21 accident	case
21	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	past	the knife	no way				from his hand	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from hand=Co-Patient
2	hit	past	the knife not said here	him = he		the heart and mate		by accident; totally property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in heart=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No way, it slipped and hit him in the heart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slipped	obl:unmarked
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 way	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 slipped	nsubj
5	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hit	cc
7	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 slipped	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hit	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 heart	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 heart	det
11	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	past	way	no way					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	hit	past	way not said here	him = he		the heart			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in heart=Destination

Option 3

Nah, he dropped it and it hit his arm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 dropped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	nsubj
4	dropped	drop	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 dropped	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hit	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hit	nsubj
8	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dropped	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 arm	nmod:poss
10	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	he	it					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	hit	past	it	his arm					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme arm=Co-Theme

Option 4

Yeah, he jammed it in on purpose, total madness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 jammed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 jammed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 jammed	nsubj
4	jammed	jam	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 jammed	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 purpose	case
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 purpose	case
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jammed	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 madness	punct
10	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 madness	amod
11	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 purpose	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jam	past	he	it		purpose			vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in purpose=Destination

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