Test 13 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 29: Sindbad float…

Bro, what did Sindbad do when he first met the king?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sindbad · What happens: do, meet · To what, where: king

This is test 13 · ★ 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 do	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
5	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 met	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 met	nsubj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 met	advmod
10	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 do	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 king	det
12	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 met	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	Sindbad					Bro vocative	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	meet	past	Sindbad	the king				first property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Co-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

He threw himself on the floor and begged the king to spare his life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 threw	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 floor	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 floor	det
6	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 begged	cc
8	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 begged	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 spare	mark
12	spare	spare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 begged	advcl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 life	nmod:poss
14	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 spare	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	throw	past	He	himself = he		the floor	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme on floor=Destination
2	beg speech: request	past	He not said here		the king		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent king=Recipient
3	spare	to-infinitive	He not said here	king's life			vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Asset

Option 2

He shook the king's hand firmly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shook	nsubj
2	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hand	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 king	case
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shook	obj
7	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	2 shook	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	past	He	the king's hand				firmly property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He kissed the ground at the king's feet and then rose to greet him

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kissed	nsubj
2	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ground	det
4	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kissed	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	9 feet	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 feet	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 king	case
9	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kissed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 rose	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 rose	advmod
12	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kissed	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 greet	mark
14	greet	greet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 rose	xcomp
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 greet	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	kiss	past	He	the ground		the king's feet		vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Co-Agent
2	rise	past	He not said here				then	tree rules
3	greet speech: greet	to-infinitive	He not said here		king			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He kissed the ground at his feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kissed	nsubj
2	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ground	det
4	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kissed	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 feet	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kissed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kiss	past	He	the ground		his feet			vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Co-Agent

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