Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident…

Why did they sew him up in a sheep-skin, bruv?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they · What happens: sew up · To what, where: him, sheep skin

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 sew	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sew	aux
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sew	nsubj
4	sew	sew	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sew	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 sew	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 skin	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 skin	det
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 skin	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 sheep	punct
11	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sew	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bruv	punct
13	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 skin	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 sew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sew up	past · do-support	they	him = he		a sheep skin and bruv			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in skin=Destination

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

To hide him from the old man's wrath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hide	mark
2	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hide	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	9 wrath	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wrath	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 man	case
9	wrath	wrath	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	to-infinitive		him = he		the old man's wrath			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Patient from wrath=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

So a bird would think he was lunch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	5 think	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bird	det
3	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 think	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 think	aux
5	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lunch	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lunch	cop
8	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 think	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	would	a bird						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	bird	lunch					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

So a massive roc would take him for a sheep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	6 take	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 roc	det
3	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 roc	amod
4	roc	roc	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 take	aux
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 take	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 sheep	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sheep	det
10	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	would	a massive roc	him = he				for a sheep	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Theme for sheep=Beneficiary

Option 4

To scare the slaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 scare	mark
2	scare	scare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 slaves	det
4	slaves	slave	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 scare	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare	to-infinitive		the slaves					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus slave=Experiencer

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