Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Hunchback, part 32: a dea…

wait, did the hunchback choke on fish at the tailor's place?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, do · To what, where: hunchback choke, place

This is test 12 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 choke	det
5	hunchback	hunchback	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 choke	amod
6	choke	choke	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 fish	case
8	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	13 place	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tailor	det
11	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 place	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 tailor	case
13	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past	you not said here	the hunchback choke		the tailor's place		on fish	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choke=Eventuality

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

yeah, he swallowed some bad wine and it killed him fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 swallowed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 swallowed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 swallowed	nsubj
4	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 wine	det
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wine	amod
7	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swallowed	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 killed	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 killed	nsubj
10	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swallowed	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 killed	obj
12	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 killed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	past	he	some bad wine					vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient
2	kill	past	wine	him = he				fast property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

yeah, a sharp fish bone lodged in his throat during supper and he died within a few minutes at the table

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 bone	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bone	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bone	det
4	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bone	amod
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bone	compound
6	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	lodged	lodge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 bone	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 throat	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 throat	nmod:poss
10	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lodged	obl
11	during	during	ADP	_	12 supper	case
12	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lodged	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 died	cc
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 died	nsubj
15	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bone	conj
16	within	within	ADP	_	19 minutes	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 minutes	det
18	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 minutes	amod
19	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 died	obl
20	at	at	ADP	_	22 table	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 table	det
22	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lodge	participle		a sharp fish bone not said here		his throat	during supper		vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in throat=Location
2	die	past	he			the table	minute		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3

nah, he was carried out of the tailor's house after he drank too much and never woke up again

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 carried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 carried	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 carried	aux:pass
5	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	11 house	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 house	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tailor	det
9	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 house	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 tailor	case
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	obl
12	after	after	SCONJ	_	14 drank	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 drank	nsubj
14	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 carried	advcl
15	too	too	ADV	_	16 much	advmod
16	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 drank	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 woke	cc
18	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	19 woke	advmod
19	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 drank	conj
20	up	up	ADP	_	19 woke	compound:prt
21	again	again	ADV	_	19 woke	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	carry out	past · passive		he	the tailor's house		tree rules
2	drink	past	tailor	much			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient
3	not wake up	past	tailor not said here			again	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, a bone got stuck in his throat and he died in minutes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bone	det
4	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 got	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 throat	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 throat	nmod:poss
9	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stuck	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 died	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 died	nsubj
12	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 got	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 minutes	case
14	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	a bone					stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	die	past	bone				minute		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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