Test 13 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, p…
Wait, why did the captain say "lackaday"?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, captain · What happens: wait, say · To what, where: lackaday · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 13 · ★ 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 say | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 say | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 say | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 captain | det |
| 6 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 say | nsubj |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | parataxis |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 lackaday | punct |
| 9 | lackaday | lackaday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 say | obj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 lackaday | punct |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past · do-support | the captain | lackaday | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lackaday=Topic |
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 was so shocked by the news about Sindbad's return that he fainted on the spot
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 | 4 shocked | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 shocked | aux:pass |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 shocked | advmod |
| 4 | shocked | shock | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 news | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 news | det |
| 7 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shocked | obl |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 return | case |
| 9 | Sindbad | Sindbad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 return | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Sindbad | case |
| 11 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 news | nmod |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 fainted | mark |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 fainted | nsubj |
| 14 | fainted | faint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 shocked | advcl |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 spot | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 spot | det |
| 17 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fainted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shock | past · passive | the news about Sindbad's return | He | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | faint | past | Sindbad | the spot | vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | return | Sindbad | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
He was surprised and rather bored
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 | 3 surprised | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 surprised | cop |
| 3 | surprised | surprised | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 bored | cc |
| 5 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 6 bored | advmod |
| 6 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 surprised | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | surprised property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | He not said here | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He was shocked and couldn't believe it
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 | 3 shocked | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 shocked | cop |
| 3 | shocked | shocked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 believe | cc |
| 5 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 believe | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 believe | advmod |
| 7 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 shocked | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 believe | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | shocked property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not believe | could | He not said here | it | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 4
He was shocked and could not believe the strange tale Sindbad had told him about the island
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 | 3 shocked | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 shocked | cop |
| 3 | shocked | shocked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 believe | cc |
| 5 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 believe | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 believe | advmod |
| 7 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 shocked | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 tale | det |
| 9 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 tale | amod |
| 10 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 believe | obj |
| 11 | Sindbad | Sindbad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 told | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 told | aux |
| 13 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 tale | acl:relcl |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 told | iobj |
| 15 | about | about | ADP | _ | 17 island | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 island | det |
| 17 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 told | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | shocked property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not believe | could | He not said here | the strange tale | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tale=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | past · perfect | Sindbad | the strange tale not said here | him = he | about the island | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about island=Topic |
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