Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident…

Did the castle with gold plates sound dodgy or sick?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: castle · What happens: do, sound

This is test 12 · ★ 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 castle	det
3	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sound	nsubj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 plates	case
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plates	compound
6	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 castle	nmod
7	sound	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Did	parataxis
8	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sound	xcomp
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 sick	cc
10	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dodgy	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 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	sound	present	the castle with gold plates					dodgy property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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

Sick, the walls were covered in gold leaf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 walls	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Sick	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 walls	det
4	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 covered	nsubj:pass
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 covered	aux:pass
6	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 leaf	case
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 leaf	compound
9	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 covered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	past · passive		the Sick walls				in gold leaf	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in leaf=Theme

Option 2

Dodgy, the gate always slams shut behind you, and the gold plates are all fake, mate

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gate	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Dodgy	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gate	det
4	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slams	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 slams	advmod
6	slams	slam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 slams	xcomp
8	behind	behind	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 shut	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 fake	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 fake	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 plates	det
13	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 plates	compound
14	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 fake	nsubj
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 fake	cop
16	all	all	ADV	_	17 fake	advmod
17	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 mate	amod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 fake	punct
19	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slams	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	slam	present	the Dodgy gate	fake mate	always property	tree rules
2	shut	participle	the Dodgy gate not said here		behind you	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	is	present	the gold plates		all, fake property	tree rules

Option 3

Sick, the gate always stays open for you, and the rooms are full of gold and jewels

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gate	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Sick	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gate	det
4	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stays	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 stays	advmod
6	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stays	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 stays	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 full	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 full	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rooms	det
13	rooms	room	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 full	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 full	cop
15	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stays	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 gold	case
17	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 full	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 jewels	cc
19	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 gold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	the Sick gate					for you; always, open property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the rooms					of gold and jewels; full property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Sick, the gate always stays open for you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stays	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Sick	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gate	det
4	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stays	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 stays	advmod
6	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stays	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 stays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	the gate					for you; always, open property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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