Test 4 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 21: Hindbad the p…

Wait, what did the porter do when he was properly gutted, like stamping about?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, porter · What happens: wait, do, gut, stamp · To what, where: he

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 181 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 21: Hindbad the porter is summoned to Sindbad's feast and hears how the voyages began» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 do	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 porter	det
6	porter	port	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 gutted	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 gutted	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 gutted	aux:pass
11	properly	properly	ADV	_	12 gutted	advmod
12	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 do	advcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 stamping	punct
14	like	like	SCONJ	_	15 stamping	mark
15	stamping	stamp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 gutted	conj
16	about	about	ADV	_	15 stamping	advmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past · do-support	the porter			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	gut	past · passive		he	properly property	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source
4	stamp	gerund			about property	vn image_impression-25.1 «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

he had a cry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cry	det
4	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he	a cry					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Patient

Option 2

he kicked up the dust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kicked	nsubj
2	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 kicked	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dust	det
5	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kicked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick up	past	he	the dust					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent dust=Patient

Option 3

he bashed the gate hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bashed	nsubj
2	bashed	bash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gate	det
4	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bashed	obj
5	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 bashed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bash	past	he	the gate				hard property	vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he stamped on the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stamped	nsubj
2	stamped	stamp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 ground	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ground	det
5	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stamped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stamp	past	he			the ground			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on ground=Destination

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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