Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 21: Hindbad the p…

What did Sindbad say he'd tell the lot of them, the whole story, dead true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sindbad · What happens: say, tell · To what, where: lot · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tell	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 tell	aux
7	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 say	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lot	det
9	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lot	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 story	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 story	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 story	amod
15	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	parataxis
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 true	punct
17	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 true	amod
18	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 story	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Sindbad						tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	would	Sindbad	the lot of them					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lot=Recipient

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

every detail of the voyages he had made, including all the ports and the kings he'd met

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 detail	det
2	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 voyages	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 voyages	det
5	voyages	voyage	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 detail	nmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 made	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 made	aux
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ports	punct
10	including	including	ADP	_	13 ports	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 ports	det:predet
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ports	det
13	ports	port	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 made	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 kings	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 kings	det
16	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 ports	conj
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 met	nsubj
18	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 met	aux
19	met	meet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 made	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	past · perfect · passive		every detail of the voyages	including all ports and the kings	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	meet	past · perfect	he			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	detail			the voyages		nom detail «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

his nine adventures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 adventures	nmod:poss
2	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 adventures	nummod
3	adventures	adventure	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adventure		his = he						nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

his seven voyages

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 voyages	nmod:poss
2	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 voyages	nummod
3	voyages	voyage	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	voyage		his = he						nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

the whole truth about his seven trips, the storms, the islands, and the strange beasts he'd seen

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 truth	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 truth	amod
3	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	7 trips	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 trips	nmod:poss
6	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 trips	nummod
7	trips	trip	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 truth	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 storms	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 storms	det
10	storms	storm	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 trips	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 islands	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 islands	det
13	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 trips	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 beasts	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 beasts	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 beasts	det
17	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 beasts	amod
18	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 truth	conj
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 seen	nsubj
20	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 seen	aux
21	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 truth	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past · perfect	he	the whole truth about his seven trips and the storms and the islands and the strange beasts not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer truth=Stimulus
2	trip		his = he						nom trip «act transitive»: poss=agent

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