Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 28: Sindbad outwi…

why did he get so rich from the pearls and pepper, bro?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: get

This is test 8 · ★ 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 get	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 rich	advmod
6	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	xcomp
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 pearls	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pearls	det
9	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rich	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 pepper	cc
11	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pearls	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bro	punct
13	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pearls	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	he					rich property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

cause his divers were super lucky and he traded smart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 divers	compound
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 divers	nmod:poss
3	divers	diver	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lucky	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lucky	cop
5	super	super	ADV	_	6 lucky	advmod
6	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 traded	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 traded	nsubj
9	traded	trade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lucky	conj
10	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 traded	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive			vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	is	past	his cause divers	lucky, super property	tree rules
3	trade	past	he	smart property	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

cause the king gave him a share of the pepper and the pearls every year for life

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 king	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 share	det
7	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 pepper	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pepper	det
10	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 share	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 pearls	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pearls	det
13	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 pepper	conj
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 year	det
15	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obl:unmarked
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 life	case
17	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive						vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	give	past	the cause king	a share of the pepper and the pearls	him = he	year	for life	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient share=Theme for life=Asset
3	share			the pepper and the pearls				nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

cause his divers found huge pearls on every dive and he sold the pepper at a high price in every port

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 divers	compound
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 divers	nmod:poss
3	divers	diver	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 found	nsubj
4	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pearls	amod
6	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 found	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 dive	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 dive	det
9	dive	dive	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sold	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sold	nsubj
12	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 found	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pepper	det
14	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sold	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	18 price	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 price	det
17	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 price	amod
18	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sold	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 port	case
20	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	21 port	det
21	port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive					vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	find	past	his cause divers	huge pearls	every dive		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pearl=Topic
3	sell	past	he	the pepper	a high price	in every port	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent pepper=Theme at price=Asset

Option 4

cause the pearls were just easy to find

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pearls	det
3	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 easy	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 easy	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 easy	advmod
6	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cause	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 find	mark
8	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 easy	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here		vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	is	past	the pearls	easy property	tree rules
3	find	to-infinitive	the pearls not said here		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

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