Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 29: Sindbad float…

What's that giant snake skin meant to do for sleepers, bro?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, mean, do · To what, where: giant snake skin

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 189 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 29: Sindbad floats out of a dark underground river and is welcomed in Serendib» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 skin	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 skin	cop
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 skin	nsubj
4	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 skin	amod
5	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 skin	compound
6	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 skin	acl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 do	mark
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 meant	xcomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 sleepers	case
11	sleepers	sleeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 do	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bro	punct
13	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sleepers	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 skin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	giant snake skin		tree rules
2	mean	participle	giant snake skin not said here		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do not said to happen	to-infinitive		for sleepers and bro	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Keeps them from getting sick and makes their dreams sweet all night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keeps	obj
3	from	from	SCONJ	_	4 getting	mark
4	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Keeps	advcl
5	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 getting	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 makes	cc
7	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keeps	conj
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dreams	nmod:poss
9	dreams	dream	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 makes	obj
10	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 makes	xcomp
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 night	det
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 makes	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present		them = they			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	get	gerund				sick property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	make	present		their dreams	night	sweet property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dream=Product
4	dream		their = they				nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Makes the sleepers strong, healthy, and safe from the spirits of the sea

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sleepers	det
3	sleepers	sleeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Makes	obj
4	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Makes	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 healthy	punct
6	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 strong	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 safe	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 safe	cc
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 strong	conj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 spirits	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 spirits	det
12	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 safe	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 sea	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sea	det
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 spirits	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present		the sleepers				strong property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sleeper=Product

Option 3

Protects sleepers from harm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Protects	protects	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sleepers	amod
2	sleepers	sleeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 harm	case
4	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sleepers	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Keeps them from getting sick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keeps	obj
3	from	from	SCONJ	_	4 getting	mark
4	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Keeps	advcl
5	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 getting	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present		them = they					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	get	gerund						sick property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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