Test 10 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Princess Gulizar, part 37: a poisoned…

What's the first thing the vizier's son does with the pan?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: son · What happens: be, do · To what, where: first thing

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1853 «Arabian Nights, The Princess Gulizar, part 37: a poisoned pilaw meant for the vizier's son» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 thing	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thing	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 vizier	det
7	vizier	vizier	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 son	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 vizier	case
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 does	nsubj
10	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thing	acl:relcl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 pan	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pan	det
13	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 does	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the first thing					tree rules
2	do	present	the vizier's son	the first thing not said here				with the pan	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality

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

Carefully lifts the heavy lid to look inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carefully	carefully	ADV	_	2 lifts	advmod
2	lifts	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lid	det
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lid	amod
5	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifts	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 look	mark
7	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lifts	advcl
8	inside	inside	ADV	_	7 look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	present		the heavy lid				carefully property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Theme
2	look	to-infinitive						inside property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Takes the lid off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lid	det
3	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Takes	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	1 Takes	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take off	present		the lid					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Theme

Option 3

Tastes the rice first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tastes	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rice	det
3	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tastes	obj
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Tastes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	present		the rice				first property	vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme rice=Attribute

Option 4

Shakes the pan gently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shakes	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pan	det
3	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shakes	obj
4	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Shakes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	present		the pan				gently property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent pan=Patient

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