Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Hunchback, part 32: a dea…

yo, so the purveyor actually whacked a dude in his chimney thinking he was a rat?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: purveyor · What happens: whack, think, be · To what, where: dude, chimney, rat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 192 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Hunchback, part 32: a dead hunchback is passed from house to house, and three innocent men nearly hang» 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	7 whacked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 whacked	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 purveyor	det
5	purveyor	purveyor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 whacked	nsubj
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 whacked	advmod
7	whacked	whack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dude	det
9	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 whacked	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 chimney	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 chimney	nmod:poss
12	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 whacked	obl
13	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 whacked	advcl
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 rat	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 rat	cop
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 rat	det
17	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 thinking	ccomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 whacked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	whack	past	the purveyor	a dude	purveyor's chimney	actually property	vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dude=Patient
2	think speech: other	gerund	the purveyor not said here				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	purveyor	a rat			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

nah, he knew exactly who it was and wanted to scare the merchant off for good

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 knew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knew	nsubj
4	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 who	advmod
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 wanted	nsubj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wanted	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 wanted	cop
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wanted	cc
10	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 knew	ccomp
11	to	to	PART	_	12 scare	mark
12	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wanted	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 merchant	det
14	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 scare	obj
15	off	off	ADP	_	12 scare	compound:prt
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 good	case
17	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 scare	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	know	past	he			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	is	past			want property	tree rules
3	scare off not said to happen	to-infinitive		the merchant	for good	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus merchant=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yeah, cause he thought it was some sneaky thief after his butter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 thought	punct
3	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	5 thought	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thought	nsubj
5	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 thief	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 thief	cop
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	10 thief	det
9	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 thief	amod
10	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thought	ccomp
11	after	after	ADP	_	13 butter	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 butter	nmod:poss
13	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thief	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	some sneaky thief			after his butter		tree rules

Option 3

yeah, he thought it was a dude stealing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thought	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stealing	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 stealing	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 stealing	det
8	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stealing	compound
9	stealing	stealing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	a dude stealing					tree rules

Option 4

yeah, cause he figured some guy was lurking for his stash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 figured	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 figured	punct
3	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	5 figured	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 figured	nsubj
5	figured	figure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 guy	det
7	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lurking	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lurking	aux
9	lurking	lurk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 figured	ccomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 stash	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 stash	nmod:poss
12	stash	stash	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lurking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	figure	past	he		tree rules
2	lurk	past · progressive	some guy	for guy's stash	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	stash		guy		nom stash «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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