Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Hunchback, part 32: a dea…

lowkey, did the cop just let the merchant walk?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lowkey, merchant · What happens: let, walk · To what, where: merchant

This is test 5 · ★ 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	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 let	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 lowkey	punct
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 let	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cop	det
5	cop	cop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 let	advmod
7	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 merchant	det
9	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 let	obj
10	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 let	xcomp
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	past · do-support	lowkey	the merchant					tree rules
2	walk	infinitive	the merchant not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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

yeah, he sent him home with a warning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sent	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sent	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	nsubj
4	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	obj
6	home	home	ADV	_	4 sent	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 warning	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 warning	det
9	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	he	him = he				with a warning; home property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

yup, he let him walk home but made him promise never to drink wine again in the city

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 let	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yup	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 let	nsubj
4	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 let	obj
6	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 walk	advmod
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 made	cc
9	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 let	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 made	obj
11	promise	promise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 made	xcomp
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 promise	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 drink	mark
14	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 promise	xcomp
15	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 drink	obj
16	again	again	ADV	_	14 drink	advmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 city	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 city	det
19	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 drink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	past	he	yup				tree rules
2	walk	infinitive	yup not said here				home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	make	past	he not said here	him = he				tree rules
4	not promise speech: promise	infinitive	him = he not said here					vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	drink not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here	wine	the city	again		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient

Option 3

nah, he kept him in a cell till morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 cell	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cell	det
8	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl
9	till	till	ADP	_	10 morning	case
10	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cell	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he	him = he		a cell till morning			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in cell=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

nah, he locked him up till the judge woke up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 locked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 locked	nsubj
4	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 locked	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 locked	compound:prt
7	till	till	SCONJ	_	10 woke	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 judge	det
9	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 woke	nsubj
10	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 locked	advcl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 woke	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock up	past	he	him = he					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	wake up	past	the judge						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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