Test 3 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab trick…

wait, why does Laili keep going on about Majnun non-stop

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Laili · What happens: wait, keep, go on

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1826 «Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab tricks the crane, then Laili jumps into a fish» 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	_	6 keep	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 keep	advmod
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 keep	aux
5	Laili	Laili	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 keep	nsubj
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
7	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 keep	xcomp
8	on	on	ADP	_	7 going	compound:prt
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 Majnun	case
10	Majnun	Majnun	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 going	obl
11	non-stop	non-stop	ADV	_	7 going	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	keep	present · do-support	Laili		tree rules
3	go on	gerund	Laili not said here	about Majnun; non-stop property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about majnun=Location

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

cos Khuda told her in a dream she has to marry him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct
2	Khuda	Khuda	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	iobj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 dream	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dream	det
7	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obl
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 has	nsubj
9	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 told	ccomp
10	to	to	PART	_	11 marry	mark
11	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 has	xcomp
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Khuda		her = she	a dream	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	have	present	Khuda				tree rules
3	marry	to-infinitive	Khuda not said here	him = he			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2

cos Khuda told her in a dream she has to marry him, and she has to find him no matter what

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct
2	Khuda	Khuda	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	iobj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 dream	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dream	det
7	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obl
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 has	nsubj
9	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dream	acl:relcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 marry	mark
11	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 has	xcomp
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 marry	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 has	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 has	cc
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 has	nsubj
16	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 told	ccomp
17	to	to	PART	_	18 find	mark
18	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 has	xcomp
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 find	obj
20	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	21 matter	det
21	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 find	obj
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Khuda		her = she	a dream	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	have	present	Khuda	a dream not said here			tree rules
3	marry	to-infinitive	a dream not said here	him = he			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
4	have	present	Khuda				tree rules
5	find	to-infinitive	Khuda not said here	him = he			tree rules

Option 3

cos her dad made her promise to marry him lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 made	mark
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 dad	nmod:poss
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	obj
6	promise	promise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 made	xcomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 marry	mark
8	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 promise	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 marry	obj
10	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 made	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	past	her dad	her = she	tree rules
2	promise speech: promise	infinitive	her = she not said here		vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	her = she not said here	dad	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

cos the fakir told her to wait for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fakir	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fakir	det
3	fakir	fakir	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	iobj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 wait	mark
7	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	cos	infinitive				tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	past	the cos fakir	her = she		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
3	wait not said to happen	to-infinitive	the cos fakir not said here		for fakir	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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