Test 7 · ★ · Eastern tales, Hassebu, part 47: Hassebu is left to die in…

How'd the Vizir know where to look?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Vizir · What happens: know, look

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1796 «Eastern tales, Hassebu, part 47: Hassebu is left to die in a honey pit, escapes through a scorpion's hole, and is caught at the baths» 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 know	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 know	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Vizir	det
4	Vizir	Vizir	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 know	nsubj
5	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 look	advcl
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 look	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 look	mark
8	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	would	the Vizir						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	look	to-infinitive							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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

Hassebu sent a letter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hassebu	Hassebu	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 letter	det
4	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	Hassebu	a letter					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Dudes were watching the baths

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dudes	dude	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 watching	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 watching	aux
3	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 baths	det
5	baths	bath	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 watching	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past · progressive	Dudes	the baths					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=Theme

Option 3

A snake whispered the location to the palace men at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whispered	nsubj
3	whispered	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 location	det
5	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whispered	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 men	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 men	det
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 men	compound
9	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 whispered	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 night	case
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whispered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	past	a snake	the location	the palace men		night		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent location=Topic to man=Recipient

Option 4

Spies told him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spies	spy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Spies		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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