Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 23: Sindbad escap…

wait, what did the roc do to that snake?

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

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 183 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 23: Sindbad escapes the diamond valley on an eagle's meat and sails home with the merchants.» 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	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 roc	det
6	roc	roc	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 snake	case
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 snake	det
10	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	obl
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	do	past · do-support						to that snake	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

it swooped down and killed the snake with its huge wings

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 swooped	nsubj
2	swooped	swoop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 swooped	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 killed	cc
5	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 swooped	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 snake	det
7	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 killed	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 wings	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 wings	nmod:poss
10	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 wings	amod
11	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 killed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swoop down	past	it						tree rules
2	kill	past		the snake				with snake's huge wings	vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent snake=Patient with wing=Instrument

Option 2

crushed it under its claws

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	crushed	crush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 crushed	obj
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 claws	case
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 claws	nmod:poss
5	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 crushed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crush	past		it		its claws			vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

tore it apart with claws

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 tore	obj
3	apart	apart	ADV	_	1 tore	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 claws	case
5	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 tore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tore	past		it				with claws; apart property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

smashed it with its beak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	smashed	smash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 smashed	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 beak	case
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 beak	nmod:poss
5	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 smashed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smash	past		it				with its beak	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with beak=Instrument

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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