Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 21: Hindbad the p…

Why did Sindbad reckon he'd have a go at the sea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sindbad · What happens: reckon, have · To what, where: go, sea

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 reckon	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reckon	aux
3	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 reckon	nsubj
4	reckon	reckon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 have	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 have	aux
7	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reckon	ccomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 go	det
9	go	go	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 have	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 sea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 have	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 reckon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past · do-support	Sindbad						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	have	would	Sindbad	a go		the sea			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent go=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 · ✓ the right answer

to get rich by sailing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 get	mark
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 get	xcomp
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 sailing	mark
5	sailing	sail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 get	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	to-infinitive						rich property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	sail	gerund							vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

to make a quick fortune

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fortune	det
4	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fortune	amod
5	fortune	fortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		a quick fortune					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fortune=Product

Option 3

since the land was too dull for a man of his spirit, and the sea had always called him back

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	since	since	ADP	_	3 land	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 land	det
3	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dull	obl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dull	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 dull	advmod
6	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 man	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 man	det
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dull	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 spirit	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 spirit	nmod:poss
12	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 man	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 called	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 called	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sea	det
16	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 called	nsubj:pass
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 called	aux
18	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	19 called	advmod
19	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 dull	conj
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 called	obj
21	back	back	ADV	_	19 called	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past					since the land	for a man of man's spirit; dull property	tree rules
2	call back speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		the sea				always property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme he=Result

Option 4

because his father had left him a ship and he wanted to sail it far from home to trade

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 left	mark
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 father	nmod:poss
3	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 left	aux
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 left	iobj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 ship	det
8	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wanted	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wanted	nsubj
11	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 left	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 sail	mark
13	sail	sail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wanted	xcomp
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sail	obj
15	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 sail	advmod
16	from	from	ADP	_	17 home	case
17	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sail	obl
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 trade	case
19	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sail	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	leave	past · perfect	his father	a ship	him = he			vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Theme ship=Attribute
2	want	past	father					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	sail not said to happen	to-infinitive	father not said here	ship		home	to trade; far property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme from home=Trajectory

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