Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident…

Did Sinbad get to eat at the castle or not?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sinbad · What happens: get, eat · To what, where: castle

This is test 6 · ★ 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	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
2	Sinbad	Sinbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 get	nsubj
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 eat	mark
5	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 get	xcomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 castle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 castle	det
8	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eat	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 not	cc
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 castle	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	Sinbad						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	eat	to-infinitive	Sinbad not said here			the castle			vn eat-39.1-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he scoffed the whole supper, proper hungry, and asked for more of the wine

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 scoffed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 scoffed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scoffed	nsubj
4	scoffed	scoff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 supper	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 supper	amod
7	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scoffed	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hungry	punct
9	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hungry	amod
10	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 supper	amod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 asked	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 asked	cc
13	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scoffed	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 more	case
15	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 asked	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 wine	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 wine	det
18	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 more	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scoff	past	he	the whole supper					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	past	he not said here					for more	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Nah, the old man gave him nothing at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	nsubj
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gave	iobj
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 gave	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 nothing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the old man	nothing	him = he	all			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient nothing=Theme at all=Asset

Option 3

Nah, he refused the supper and sat in the corner, proper sulking all night long

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 refused	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 refused	nsubj
4	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 supper	det
6	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refused	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sat	cc
8	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 refused	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 corner	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 corner	det
11	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sat	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sulking	punct
13	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sulking	amod
14	sulking	sulk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 refused	advcl
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 night	det
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sulking	obj
17	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 sulking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	he	the supper				vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Theme
2	sit	past	he not said here		the corner			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location
3	sulk	gerund	he not said here			night	long property	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he scoffed the supper, proper hungry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 scoffed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 scoffed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scoffed	nsubj
4	scoffed	scoff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 supper	det
6	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scoffed	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hungry	punct
8	proper	properly	ADV	_	9 hungry	advmod
9	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 scoffed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scoff	past	he	the supper					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Theme

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