Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 28: Sindbad outwi…

bruh, why would he even keep going on boats after all that?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: keep, go · To what, where: boats

This is test 3 · ★ 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	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	7 keep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 keep	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 keep	advmod
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 keep	aux
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keep	nsubj
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 keep	advmod
7	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keep	xcomp
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 boats	case
10	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 going	obl
11	after	after	ADP	_	13 that	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 that	det
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 going	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	would	he						tree rules
2	go	gerund	he not said here			boats	after that		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on boat=Location

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

cause he was broke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 broke	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 broke	cop
4	broke	broke	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cause	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he	cause not said here				broke property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

cause it was his fate to roam, no cap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fate	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fate	cop
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fate	nmod:poss
5	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cause	ccomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 roam	mark
7	roam	roam	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 fate	acl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cap	punct
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 cap	det
10	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fate	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here		vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	is a	past	it	his fate and no cap	tree rules
3	roam	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

cause his crew kept asking him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 crew	compound
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 crew	nmod:poss
3	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 kept	xcomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 asking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	cause	infinitive			vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	keep	past	his cause crew		tree rules
3	ask speech: ask	gerund	his cause crew not said here	crew	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 4

cause he just loved adventure, real talk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loved	compound
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 loved	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 loved	advmod
4	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	adventure	adventure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loved	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 talk	punct
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 talk	amod
8	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 adventure	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past	he	adventure and real talk					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adventure=Stimulus

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