Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, p…

Bruh, why did the captain reckon Sindbad was toast?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: captain · What happens: reckon, be · To what, where: Sindbad toast

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 182 «Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, part 22: Sindbad is stranded and finds a giant white egg» 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	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	7 reckon	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 reckon	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 reckon	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 reckon	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 captain	det
6	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reckon	nsubj
7	reckon	reckon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 toast	compound
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 toast	cop
10	toast	toast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reckon	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 reckon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past · do-support	the captain						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		Sindbad toast					tree rules

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 reckoned the storm had sunk his boat

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 reckoned	nsubj
2	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 storm	det
4	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sunk	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sunk	aux
6	sunk	sink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 reckoned	ccomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 boat	nmod:poss
8	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sunk	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	He						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	sink	past · perfect	the storm	storm's boat					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent boat=Patient

Option 2

He thought the whale-island had dived under the sea with Sindbad and all his goods

The tree, 16 words

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 island	det
4	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 island	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 whale	punct
6	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dived	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 dived	aux
8	dived	dive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 thought	ccomp
9	under	under	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dived	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 Sindbad	case
13	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 dived	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 goods	cc
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 goods	det:predet
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 goods	nmod:poss
17	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	13 Sindbad	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	dive	past · perfect · passive		the whale island		the sea		with Sindbad and his goods	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He thought the whale-island swallowed him up

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 island	det
4	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 island	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 whale	punct
6	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 swallowed	nsubj
7	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	ccomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 swallowed	obj
9	up	up	ADP	_	7 swallowed	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	swallow up	past	the whale island	him = he					vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4

He believed the sea-beast had eaten him

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 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 beast	det
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 beast	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 sea	punct
6	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eaten	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 eaten	aux
8	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 believed	ccomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 eaten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	past	He						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	eat	past · perfect · passive		the sea beast					tree rules

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