Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 28: Sindbad outwi…

wait, so the monkeys were like throwing nuts back at the guys?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, monkeys · What happens: wait, throw back · To what, where: nuts, guys

This is test 2 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 throwing	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	8 throwing	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 monkeys	det
5	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 throwing	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 throwing	aux
7	like	like	SCONJ	_	8 throwing	mark
8	throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 wait	advcl
9	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 throwing	obj
10	back	back	ADV	_	8 throwing	advmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 guys	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 guys	det
13	guys	guy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 throwing	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	throw back	past · progressive	the monkeys	nuts		the guys			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent nut=Theme at guy=Destination

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 bro, the monkeys just sat there and ate the stones and watched

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 sat	discourse
2	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sat	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 monkeys	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 monkeys	det
5	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bro	conj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 sat	advmod
7	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 sat	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ate	cc
10	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sat	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 stones	det
12	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 ate	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 watched	cc
14	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	sit	past	bro and the monkeys		there	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	eat	past	bro and the monkeys not said here	the stones		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Patient
3	watch	past	bro and the monkeys not said here			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

lowkey yes, they were salty about the stones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 salty	nsubj
2	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 salty	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 yes	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 salty	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 salty	cop
6	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 stones	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stones	det
9	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 salty	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	lowkey					about the stones; salty property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

lowkey yes, the monkeys were super mad and threw nuts back at all the guys on the ship

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 mad	nsubj
2	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 mad	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 yes	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 monkeys	det
5	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 mad	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 mad	cop
7	super	super	ADV	_	8 mad	advmod
8	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 threw	cc
10	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 mad	conj
11	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 threw	obj
12	back	back	ADV	_	10 threw	advmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 guys	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 guys	det:predet
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 guys	det
16	guys	guy	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 threw	obl
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 ship	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 ship	det
19	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	lowkey					mad, super property	tree rules
2	throw back	past	lowkey not said here	nuts		all guys		on the ship	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent nut=Theme at guy=Destination

Option 4

kinda, they were mad about the rocks thrown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	5 mad	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 kinda	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mad	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mad	cop
5	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 rocks	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rocks	det
8	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 mad	obl
9	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 rocks	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they					about the rocks; kinda, mad property	tree rules
2	throw	participle		the rocks not said here					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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