Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Hunchback, part 32: a dea…

bruh, why did the purveyor stop bashing him?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: bash · To what, where: purveyor

This is test 2 · ★ 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 bashing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stop	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 stop	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 stop	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 purveyor	det
6	purveyor	purveyor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stop	nsubj
7	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bashing	aux
8	bashing	bash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bashing	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 bashing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bash	present		purveyor					vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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 the dude was snoring and wanted to nap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dude	det
3	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 snoring	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 snoring	aux
5	snoring	snore	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 cause	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wanted	cc
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cause	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 nap	mark
9	nap	nap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wanted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here	tree rules
2	snore	past · progressive	the dude	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	want	past	you not said here	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	nap not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

cause the guy was lying way too still, it was sus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
3	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lying	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lying	aux
5	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cause	obj
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 still	advmod
8	still	still	ADV	_	1 cause	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sus	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sus	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 sus	cop
12	sus	suspect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cause	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here	the lying way	still		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition way=Patient
2	lie	past · progressive	guy				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	guy			suspect property	tree rules

Option 3

cause he heard the chief of police yelling and got scared of getting caught

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 chief	det
5	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heard	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 police	case
7	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chief	nmod
8	yelling	yell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 heard	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 got	cc
10	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 heard	conj
11	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 got	xcomp
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 getting	mark
13	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 scared	advcl
14	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past	cause	the chief of police		tree rules
2	yell speech: express	gerund	the chief of police not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	get	past	cause not said here		scared property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	get	gerund	cause not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
5	catch	participle	cause not said here			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

cause the guy was faking it so he could run away once the purveyor left

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 guy	det
3	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 faking	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 faking	aux
5	faking	fake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 cause	ccomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 faking	obj
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 run	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 run	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 run	aux
10	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 cause	advcl
11	away	away	ADV	_	10 run	advmod
12	once	once	SCONJ	_	14 purveyor	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 purveyor	det
14	purveyor	purveyor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 run	obl
15	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 purveyor	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	fake	past · progressive	the guy	it		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	run away	could	guy		once the purveyor; away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	leave	participle		the purveyor not said here		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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