Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 29: Sindbad float…

Mate, why was he chillin' on that raft with no grub left?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: be, leave · To what, where: chillin, raft, grub

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chillin	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	1 Mate	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 chillin	cop
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 chillin	nsubj
6	chillin	chillin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 chillin	punct
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 raft	case
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 raft	det
10	raft	raft	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chillin	nmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 grub	case
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 grub	det
13	grub	grub	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 raft	nmod
14	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 grub	acl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 chillin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Mate	chillin		that raft with no grub			tree rules
2	leave	participle		no grub not said here					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

He only ate what kept him alive

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	3 ate	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 ate	advmod
3	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 kept	nsubj
5	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ate	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ate	obj
7	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ate	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	He	him = he				alive property	tree rules
2	keep	past							vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He ate a little bread each day, but he gave the rest of the food to the crew

The tree, 18 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 ate	nsubj
2	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bread	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bread	amod
5	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obj
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 gave	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 gave	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gave	nsubj
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ate	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rest	det
13	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 food	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 food	det
16	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rest	nmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 crew	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 crew	det
19	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	He	a little bread			day		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient
2	give	past	he	the rest of the food	the crew				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rest=Theme to crew=Recipient

Option 3

He saved it for later meals

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 saved	nsubj
2	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saved	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 meals	case
5	later	late	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 meals	amod
6	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 saved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	He	it				for later meals	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme for meal=Source

Option 4

He ate the fish he caught

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 ate	nsubj
2	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fish	det
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 caught	nsubj
6	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fish	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	He	the fish					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient
2	catch	past	fish	the fish not said here					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme

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