Test 10 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 25: Sindbad escap…

so the islanders were fattening them up to eat, bruh?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: islanders · What happens: fatten up, eat · To what, where: them

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 185 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 25: Sindbad escapes the snake, is rescued, gets his goods back, and meets cruel islanders» 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	so	so	ADV	_	5 fattening	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 islanders	det
3	islanders	islander	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fattening	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fattening	aux
5	fattening	fatten	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fattening	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 fattening	compound:prt
8	to	to	PART	_	9 eat	mark
9	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 fattening	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fattening	punct
11	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	5 fattening	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 fattening	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fatten up	past · progressive	the islanders	them = they					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient
2	eat	to-infinitive	the islanders not said here						vn eat-39.1-1 «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

yeah, for their tribe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 tribe	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tribe	punct
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 tribe	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tribe	nmod:poss
5	tribe	tribe	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

nah, for the king's sale

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 sale	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sale	punct
3	for	for	ADP	_	7 sale	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sale	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 king	case
7	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yep, for their own dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	6 dinner	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 dinner	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 dinner	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dinner	amod
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

yep, they were fattening them for a big feast they'd throw at the moon

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 fattening	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fattening	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fattening	aux
5	fattening	fatten	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fattening	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 feast	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 feast	det
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feast	amod
10	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fattening	obl
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 throw	nsubj
12	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 throw	aux
13	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 feast	acl:relcl
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 moon	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 moon	det
16	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 throw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fatten	past · progressive	they	them = they				for a big feast	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient
2	throw	would	they	a big feast not said here		the moon			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent feast=Theme at moon=Destination

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