Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 28: Sindbad outwi…

aight, what was the deal with the gourd anyway?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: aight · What happens: be · To what, where: deal

This is test 6 · ★ 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	aight	aight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 deal	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 deal	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 deal	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 deal	det
6	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 aight	appos
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 gourd	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gourd	det
9	gourd	gourd	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deal	nmod
10	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	9 gourd	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 aight	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	aight	the deal				with the gourd	tree rules

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

it was a dried fruit bottle full of wine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bottle	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bottle	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bottle	det
4	dried	dry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 bottle	amod
5	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bottle	compound
6	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bottle	amod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 wine	case
9	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	past	it	a dried fruit bottle					tree rules

Option 2

a dried fruit bottle that the old man had hidden in the bushes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bottle	det
2	dried	dry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bottle	amod
3	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bottle	compound
4	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 hidden	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hidden	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 hidden	aux
10	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bottle	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 bushes	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bushes	det
13	bushes	bush	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	hide	past · perfect · passive		the old man		the bushes			tree rules

Option 3

a dried gourd with some herbs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 gourd	det
2	dried	dry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 gourd	amod
3	gourd	gourd	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 herbs	case
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 herbs	det
6	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gourd	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

a big clay jug full of wine that the merchant had given to Sindbad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 jug	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 jug	amod
3	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jug	compound
4	jug	jug	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 jug	amod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 wine	case
7	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 full	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 given	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 merchant	det
10	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 given	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 given	aux
12	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 jug	advcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 Sindbad	case
14	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · perfect · passive		the merchant	Sindbad				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient that=Theme

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