Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, p…
Lush, so what did Sindbad do with his cash?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sindbad · What happens: do, cash
This is test 12 · ★ 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 | Lush | Lush | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 do | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lush | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 do | advmod |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 do | obj |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | aux |
| 6 | Sindbad | Sindbad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 do | nsubj |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 cash | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 cash | nmod:poss |
| 10 | cash | cash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 do | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · do-support | Sindbad | with Sindbad's cash; Lush vocative | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | cash | Sindbad | nom cash «possession transitive»: poss=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
He bought land, slaves, and a big house, and also gave great feasts for all his friends
The tree, 17 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 bought | nsubj |
| 2 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bought | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 slaves | punct |
| 5 | slaves | slave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 land | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 house | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 house | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 house | det |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 house | amod |
| 10 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bought | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 gave | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 gave | cc |
| 13 | also | also | ADV | _ | 14 gave | advmod |
| 14 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 bought | conj |
| 15 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 feasts | amod |
| 16 | feasts | feast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 gave | obj |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 friends | case |
| 18 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 20 friends | det:predet |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 friends | nmod:poss |
| 20 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | past | He | land and slaves | a big house obl | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | |||
| 2 | give | past | He not said here | great feasts | for his friends | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent feast=Theme for friend=Asset |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Bought land, slaves, a big house, and a fleet of ships for his next trading voyages
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bought | buy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 land | amod |
| 2 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 slaves | punct |
| 4 | slaves | slave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 land | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 house | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 house | det |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 house | amod |
| 8 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 land | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fleet | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 fleet | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 fleet | det |
| 12 | fleet | fleet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 land | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 ships | case |
| 14 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 fleet | nmod |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 voyages | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 voyages | nmod:poss |
| 17 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 voyages | amod |
| 18 | trading | trading | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 voyages | compound |
| 19 | voyages | voyage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 fleet | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | participle | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | voyage | his = he | nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Bought land, slaves, and a big house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bought | buy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 land | amod |
| 2 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 slaves | punct |
| 4 | slaves | slave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 land | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 house | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 house | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 house | det |
| 8 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 house | amod |
| 9 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 land | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | participle | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Bought ships, gold and a small farm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bought | buy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 ships | amod |
| 2 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gold | punct |
| 4 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ships | conj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 farm | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 farm | det |
| 7 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 farm | amod |
| 8 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ships | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | participle | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
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