Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 28: Sindbad outwi…

how long did the food last them on that island, roughly?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: food · What happens: last · To what, where: them, island

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 188 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 28: Sindbad outwits the Old Man, grows rich, then is stranded on a cliff island» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 long	advmod
2	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 last	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 last	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 food	det
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 last	nsubj
6	last	last	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 last	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 island	case
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 island	det
10	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 last	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 roughly	punct
12	roughly	roughly	ADV	_	6 last	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 last	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	last	past · do-support	the food	them = they		that island		long, roughly property	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme they=Value

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

not long at all, they ran out of food fast and the crew went hungry for a whole month

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 long	advmod
2	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 ran	advmod
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 all	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 long	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 long	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ran	nsubj
7	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	out	out	ADP	_	10 food	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 food	case
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ran	obl
11	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 ran	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 went	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 crew	det
14	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 went	nsubj
15	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 ran	conj
16	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 went	xcomp
17	for	for	ADP	_	20 month	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 month	det
19	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 month	amod
20	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	they			food		fast, long property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out food=Trajectory
2	go	past	the crew				month	hungry property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

super long, like months, they ate fruit and fish and nuts until they got sick

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	super	super	ADV	_	2 long	advmod
2	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 ate	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 long	punct
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 months	case
5	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 ate	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 months	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ate	nsubj
8	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ate	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fish	cc
11	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fruit	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 nuts	cc
13	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 fruit	conj
14	until	until	SCONJ	_	16 got	mark
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 got	nsubj
16	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ate	advcl
17	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	they	fruit and fish and nuts			month	long property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient
2	get	past	fruit					sick property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

not long, Sindbad got so low he dug his own grave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 long	advmod
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 got	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 long	punct
4	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 long	vocative
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 dug	advmod
7	low	low	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 dug	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 dug	nsubj
9	dug	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 got	advcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 grave	nmod:poss
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 grave	amod
12	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dug	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	long						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	dig	past	Sindbad	Sindbad's own grave				low property	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent grave=Theme

Option 4

pretty long, they ate fish for weeks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	2 long	advmod
2	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 ate	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 ate	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ate	nsubj
5	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ate	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 weeks	case
8	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	they	fish			week	long property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient

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