Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Hunchback, part 32: a dea…

wait, the hunchback was like a jester for the Sultan?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, hunchback · What happens: wait, be

This is test 7 · ★ 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	_	8 jester	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hunchback	det
4	hunchback	hunchback	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jester	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 jester	cop
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 jester	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 jester	det
8	jester	jester	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 Sultan	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Sultan	det
11	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 jester	nmod
12	?	?	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	is	past	the hunchback					like a jester; for the Sultan	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

yup, he was a steward who served the Sultan's table at feasts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 steward	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yup	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 steward	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 steward	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 steward	det
6	steward	steward	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 served	nsubj
8	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 steward	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sultan	det
10	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 table	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Sultan	case
12	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 served	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 feasts	case
14	feasts	feast	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 served	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	yup	a steward					tree rules
2	serve	past	a steward	the Sultan's table		feasts			vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Attribute

Option 2

yeah, he was one of the Sultan's private jesters, which is why the cop stopped everything and went to ask first

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 one	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 one	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 one	cop
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 stopped	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	11 jesters	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sultan	det
8	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 jesters	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Sultan	case
10	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 jesters	amod
11	jesters	jester	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 one	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 why	punct
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 why	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 why	cop
15	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	18 stopped	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cop	det
17	cop	cop	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 stopped	nsubj
18	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	18 stopped	obj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 went	cc
21	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 stopped	conj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 ask	mark
23	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 went	xcomp
24	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	23 ask	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	one	of the Sultan's private jesters	tree rules
2	is	present			why property	tree rules
3	stop	past	one	everything		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality everything=Eventuality
4	go	past	one not said here			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive	one not said here		first property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

nah, he was just a random hunchback who begged in the square until the cop kicked him out of town

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 hunchback	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hunchback	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 hunchback	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	8 hunchback	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hunchback	det
7	random	random	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hunchback	amod
8	hunchback	hunchback	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 begged	nsubj
10	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 hunchback	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 square	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 square	det
13	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 begged	obl
14	until	until	SCONJ	_	17 kicked	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cop	det
16	cop	cop	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 kicked	nsubj
17	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 begged	advcl
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 kicked	obj
19	out	out	ADP	_	21 town	case
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 town	case
21	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 kicked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a random hunchback		tree rules
2	beg speech: request	past	a random hunchback		the square	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent
3	kick	past	the cop	him = he	town	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient out town=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he was one of his private jesters, so the cop paused it

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 one	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 one	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 one	cop
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 paused	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 jesters	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 jesters	nmod:poss
8	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 jesters	amod
9	jesters	jester	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 one	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 paused	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 paused	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cop	det
13	cop	cop	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 paused	nsubj
14	paused	pause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 paused	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	one				of his private jesters	tree rules
2	pause	past	one	cop					tree rules

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