Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 25: Sindbad escap…

why'd they leave Sindbad on the island, mate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they · What happens: leave · To what, where: Sindbad, island

This is test 5 · ★ 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 leave	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	4 leave	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 leave	nsubj
4	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 leave	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 island	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 island	det
8	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leave	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 island	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 leave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present	they	Sindbad		the island and mate			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sindbad=Theme on island=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 · ← Mova's choice

he wandered off, missed boat

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 wandered	nsubj
2	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 wandered	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 boat	punct
5	missed	miss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 boat	amod
6	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wandered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wander off	past	he	missed boat					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	miss	participle							vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

he was drunk and the crew forgot him on the beach

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	3 drunk	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drunk	cop
3	drunk	drunk	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 forgot	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crew	det
6	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forgot	nsubj
7	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drunk	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 forgot	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 beach	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 beach	det
11	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forgot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					drunk property	tree rules
2	forget	past	the crew	him = he		the beach			tree rules

Option 3

he hid, nobody saw him

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 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 saw	punct
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 saw	nsubj
5	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hid	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	he						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	see	past	nobody	him = he					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he fell asleep, got left

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 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 fell	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fell	conj
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	fall	past	he	asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	past	he not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	leave	participle	he not said here		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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