Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, p…

What's the deal with Cassel island, then?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: deal · What happens: be

This is test 11 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 deal	det
4	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 island	case
6	Cassel	Cassel	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 island	compound
7	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deal	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 What	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the deal with Cassel island				then		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

Folk say the island is cursed and that no one who lands there ever returns to the sea

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 island	det
4	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cursed	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cursed	aux:pass
6	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 say	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 returns	cc
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 returns	mark
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 one	det
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 returns	nsubj
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 lands	nsubj
12	lands	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 one	acl:relcl
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 lands	advmod
14	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	15 returns	advmod
15	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cursed	conj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 sea	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sea	det
18	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 returns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Folk					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	curse	present · passive		the island				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	land	present	no one		there			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	return	present	no one			ever	to the sea result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to sea=Result

Option 2

Locals say strange creatures roam there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Locals	local	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 creatures	amod
4	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 roam	nsubj
5	roam	roam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 say	ccomp
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 roam	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Locals						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	roam	present	strange creatures			there			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Folk reckon spirits play drums there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spirits	compound
2	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Folk	acl:relcl
3	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 play	nsubj
4	play	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	drums	drum	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 play	obj
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 play	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	Folk not said here						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	play	present	Folk spirits	drums		there			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drum=Theme

Option 4

Sailors believe the island is home to ghosts who sing and dance among its old ruined temples

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 believe	nsubj
2	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 island	det
4	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ghosts	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 ghosts	cop
6	home	home	ADV	_	8 ghosts	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 ghosts	case
8	ghosts	ghost	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 believe	ccomp
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 sing	nsubj
10	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 ghosts	acl:relcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 dance	cc
12	dance	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 sing	conj
13	among	among	ADP	_	17 temples	case
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 temples	nmod:poss
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 temples	amod
16	ruined	ruin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 temples	amod
17	temples	temple	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	believe	present	Sailors			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	the island		to ghosts; home property	tree rules
3	sing speech: express	present	ghosts	island's old ruined temples		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among temple=Location
4	dance	present	ghosts not said here			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	ruin	participle				vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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