Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor, p…

Sus, what did the bird do once it landed?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sus · What happens: do, land · To what, where: bird

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 landed	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Sus	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bird	det
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 landed	aux
8	once	once	SCONJ	_	10 landed	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 landed	nsubj
10	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 landed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Sus	the bird					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Eventuality
2	land	present · do-support	Sus						vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

Wrapped its wings round the egg

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrapped	wrap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 wings	nmod:poss
3	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wrapped	obj
4	round	round	ADP	_	6 egg	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 egg	det
6	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wrapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	participle		its wings				round the egg	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wing=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It landed on the shore beside the egg and then spread its wings over it to keep it warm

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 landed	nsubj
2	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 shore	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shore	det
5	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 landed	obl
6	beside	beside	ADP	_	8 egg	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 egg	det
8	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 landed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 spread	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 spread	advmod
11	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 landed	conj
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 wings	nmod:poss
13	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 spread	obj
14	over	over	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 spread	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 keep	mark
17	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 spread	advcl
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 keep	obj
19	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	past	It		the shore		beside the egg	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on shore=Destination
2	spread	infinitive		egg's wings	egg	then		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wing=Theme over it=Destination
3	keep	to-infinitive		egg			warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Folded its wings over the sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Folded	fold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 wings	nmod:poss
3	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Folded	obj
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 sand	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sand	det
6	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Folded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fold	participle		its wings		the sand			vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wing=Patient

Option 4

It settled down and wrapped the white egg tightly in its great black wings, sheltering it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 settled	nsubj
2	settled	settle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 settled	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wrapped	cc
5	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 settled	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 egg	det
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 egg	amod
8	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wrapped	obj
9	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	5 wrapped	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	14 wings	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 wings	nmod:poss
12	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wings	amod
13	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wings	amod
14	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wrapped	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sheltering	punct
16	sheltering	shelter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 settled	advcl
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sheltering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	settle down	past	It				vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
2	wrap	past		the white egg	egg's great black wings	tightly property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in wing=Destination
3	shelter	gerund		egg			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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