Test 7 · ★ · Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a…

Yo, why was the Vizier looking all gutted and worried?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Vizier · What happens: look, gut, worry

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1871 «Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a pedlar sells the Caliph a scroll that the learned Selim finds is Latin» 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	3 why	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 looking	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 looking	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Vizier	det
6	Vizier	Vizier	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 looking	nsubj
7	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	all	all	ADV	_	9 gutted	advmod
9	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 looking	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 worried	cc
11	worried	worry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 gutted	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	look	past · progressive	the Vizier		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	gut	participle	the Vizier not said here	all property	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	worry	participle	the Vizier not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 · ✓ the right answer

He wanted the shiny stuff but had no cash

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stuff	det
4	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stuff	amod
5	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 had	cc
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wanted	conj
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 cash	det
9	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	the shiny stuff					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stuff=Theme
2	have	past	He not said here	no cash					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cash=Patient

Option 2

He wanted the shiny stuff from the box but his purse was empty and his wife was angry

The tree, 18 words

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stuff	det
4	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stuff	amod
5	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 box	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 box	det
8	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obl
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 empty	cc
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 purse	nmod:poss
11	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 empty	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 empty	cop
13	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wanted	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 angry	cc
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 wife	nmod:poss
16	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 angry	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 angry	cop
18	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 empty	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	the shiny stuff	the box		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stuff=Theme
2	is	past	his purse			empty property	tree rules
3	is	past	his wife			angry property	tree rules

Option 3

He wanted gold but his purse was empty

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 empty	cc
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 purse	nmod:poss
6	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 empty	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 empty	cop
8	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wanted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	gold					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme
2	is	past	his purse					empty property	tree rules

Option 4

He wanted all the shiny stuff in the box but he had no cash to pay for it

The tree, 18 words

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 stuff	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stuff	det
5	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stuff	amod
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 box	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 box	det
9	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obl
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 had	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 had	nsubj
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wanted	conj
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 cash	det
14	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 had	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 pay	mark
16	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 had	xcomp
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 pay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	all shiny stuff	the box		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stuff=Theme
2	have	past	he	no cash			tree rules
3	pay	to-infinitive	no cash not said here			for cash	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme

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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