Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident…

Honestly, did Sinbad keep his mouth shut the whole time?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sinbad, mouth · What happens: keep, shut

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Honestly	honestly	ADV	_	5 keep	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Honestly	punct
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 keep	aux
4	Sinbad	Sinbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 keep	nsubj
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mouth	nmod:poss
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shut	nsubj
8	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 keep	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 time	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 time	amod
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shut	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · do-support	Sinbad					honestly property	tree rules
2	shut	past	Sinbad's mouth				time		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he kept asking loads of questions and couldn't stop himself from talking at all

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 kept	xcomp
6	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 asking	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 questions	case
8	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 loads	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 stop	cc
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 stop	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 stop	advmod
12	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 kept	conj
13	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 stop	obj
14	from	from	SCONJ	_	15 talking	mark
15	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 stop	advcl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 talking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	keep	past	he			tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	he not said here	loads of questions		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent load=Recipient
3	not stop	could	he not said here	himself = he		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality himself=Eventuality
4	talk	gerund	he not said here		all	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yeah, he stayed quiet and kept his head down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 stayed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stayed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stayed	nsubj
4	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stayed	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 kept	cc
7	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stayed	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 head	nmod:poss
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kept	obj
10	down	down	ADV	_	7 kept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	he					quiet property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	keep down	past	he not said here	his head				down property	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient

Option 3

Yeah, he never said a word, not even when the old man shouted at him for an hour

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 said	advmod
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 word	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 shouted	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 shouted	advmod
10	even	even	ADV	_	15 shouted	advmod
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 shouted	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 man	det
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 man	amod
14	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shouted	nsubj
15	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 him	case
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 shouted	obl
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 hour	case
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 hour	det
20	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	past	he	a word					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
2	not shout speech: express	past	the old man				hour	at him = he	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he kept asking questions, couldn't help it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 kept	xcomp
6	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 asking	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 help	punct
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 help	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 help	advmod
10	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 kept	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	past	he		tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	he not said here	questions	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient
3	not help	could	he not said here	it	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary

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