Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, p…

Why'd he climb that tree, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: climb, innit · To what, where: tree

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 climb	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 climb	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 climb	nsubj
4	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 tree	det
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 climb	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 innit	punct
8	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 climb	conj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 climb	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	would	he	that tree					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme
2	innit	infinitive	he not said here						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

To find food and shelter for the night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 shelter	cc
5	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 food	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 night	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	to-infinitive		food and shelter			night		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To spot a way out and see the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 spot	mark
2	spot	spot	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 way	det
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spot	obj
5	out	out	ADV	_	2 spot	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 see	cc
7	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 spot	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot out	to-infinitive		a way				out property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Destination
2	see	infinitive		the sea					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sea=Stimulus

Option 3

To get a better view of the island

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 view	det
4	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 view	amod
5	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 island	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 island	det
8	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 view	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	to-infinitive		a better view of the island					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer view=Stimulus
2	view			the island					nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

He wanted to hunt a roc and bring its feathers back to the market in Bagdad

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 hunt	mark
4	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 roc	det
6	roc	roc	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hunt	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 bring	cc
8	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hunt	conj
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 feathers	nmod:poss
10	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bring	obj
11	back	back	ADV	_	8 bring	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 market	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 market	det
14	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bring	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 Bagdad	case
16	Bagdad	Bagdad	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 market	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	want	past	He			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	hunt not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	a roc		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roc=Theme
3	bring back	infinitive	He not said here	roc's feathers	the market in Bagdad	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent feather=Theme to market=Destination

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