Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Hunchback, part 32: a dea…

bruh, why did the tailor even show up?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tailor · What happens: show up

This is test 11 · ★ 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	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	8 show	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bruh	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 show	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 show	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tailor	det
6	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 show	nsubj
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 show	advmod
8	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 show	compound:prt
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show up	past · do-support	the tailor						vn appear-48.1.1 «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

cause he wanted to get a reward from the cop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 get	mark
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reward	det
7	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 cop	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cop	det
10	cop	cop	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	cause						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	cause not said here	a reward		the cop			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent reward=Theme from cop=Source

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

cause he wanted to tell how the hunchback died at his house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 tell	mark
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 died	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hunchback	det
8	hunchback	hunchback	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 died	nsubj
9	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tell	ccomp
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 house	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 house	nmod:poss
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	want	past	cause		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	cause not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	die	past	the hunchback	hunchback's house	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

cause he was summoned by the judge and wanted to explain how the hunchback choked on fish at his table

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 summoned	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 summoned	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 summoned	aux:pass
4	summoned	summon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 judge	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 judge	det
7	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 summoned	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wanted	cc
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 summoned	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 explain	mark
11	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 wanted	xcomp
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 explain	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hunchback	det
14	hunchback	hunchback	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 how	nsubj
15	choked	choke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 hunchback	acl
16	on	on	ADP	_	17 fish	case
17	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 choked	obl
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 table	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 table	nmod:poss
20	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 choked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	summon	past · passive	the judge	cause			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	want	past	the judge not said here				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	explain speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	the judge not said here				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	choke	participle		the hunchback not said here	hunchback's table	on fish	vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

cause he heard the purveyor was innocent and came to tell the whole story about the hunchback's last supper

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heard	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 heard	nsubj
3	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 purveyor	det
5	purveyor	purveyor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 innocent	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 innocent	cop
7	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 heard	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 came	cc
9	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 heard	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 tell	mark
11	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 came	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 story	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 story	amod
14	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tell	obj
15	about	about	ADP	_	20 supper	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hunchback	det
17	hunchback	hunchback	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 supper	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 hunchback	case
19	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 supper	amod
20	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past	cause			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past	the purveyor		innocent property	tree rules
3	come	past	cause not said here			tree rules
4	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	cause not said here	the whole story	about the hunchback's last supper	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent story=Recipient about supper=Topic

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