Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 28: Sindbad outwi…

so is it the last thing he does in this part, the idea thing?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, he · What happens: be, do · To what, where: last thing, part

This is test 12 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	6 thing	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 thing	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 thing	nsubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thing	det
5	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thing	amod
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 does	nsubj
8	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 thing	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 part	case
10	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 part	det
11	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 does	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 thing	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 thing	det
14	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 thing	compound
15	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 part	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the last thing					tree rules
2	do	present	he	the last thing not said here		this part and the idea thing			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

nah, he sails off with the crew again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 sails	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sails	nsubj
4	sails	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 sails	compound:prt
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 crew	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 crew	det
8	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sails	obl
9	again	again	ADV	_	4 sails	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail off	present	he				again	with the crew	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

yeah, he gets a sudden plan by the cave as it ends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 gets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gets	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gets	nsubj
4	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 plan	det
6	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 plan	amod
7	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 cave	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cave	det
10	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 plan	nmod
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 ends	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 ends	nsubj
13	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gets	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get	present	he	a sudden plan	by the cave	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plan=Stimulus
2	end	present	plan			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	plan		the cave			nom plan «cognition transitive»: by=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he gets a sudden idea by the river as the part ends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 gets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gets	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gets	nsubj
4	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 idea	det
6	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 idea	amod
7	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 river	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 river	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	obl
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 ends	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 part	det
13	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ends	nsubj
14	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gets	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	he	a sudden idea				by the river	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer idea=Stimulus
2	end	present	the part						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

yeah, he gets a sudden idea by the river and then he jumps into the water and swims away fast

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 gets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gets	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gets	nsubj
4	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 idea	det
6	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 idea	amod
7	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 river	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 river	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 jumps	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 jumps	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 jumps	nsubj
14	jumps	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gets	conj
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 water	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 water	det
17	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 jumps	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 swims	cc
19	swims	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gets	conj
20	away	away	ADV	_	19 swims	advmod
21	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	19 swims	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	he	a sudden idea		by the river	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer idea=Stimulus
2	jump	present	he		then	into the water result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into water=Result
3	swim away	present	he not said here			away, fast property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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