Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Hunchback, part 32: a dea…

bro, who was the next one about to get hung?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro · What happens: be, hang · To what, where: next one

This is test 8 · ★ 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 one	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
6	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	amod
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 bro	appos
8	about	about	ADV	_	11 hung	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	11 hung	mark
10	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 hung	aux:pass
11	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 one	acl:relcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 hung	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	bro	the next one					tree rules
2	hang	to-infinitive · passive						about property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»

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

the tailor's son, who was going to be hanged right after the doctor had finished his fee collecting

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tailor	det
2	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 son	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 tailor	case
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 going	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 going	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 going	aux
8	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 son	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	11 hanged	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 hanged	aux:pass
11	hanged	hange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 going	xcomp
12	right	right	ADV	_	11 hanged	advmod
13	after	after	SCONJ	_	17 finished	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 doctor	det
15	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 finished	nsubj:pass
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 finished	aux
17	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 hanged	advcl
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 collecting	nmod:poss
19	fee	fee	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 collecting	compound
20	collecting	collecting	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 finished	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	past · progressive	the tailor's son			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hange	to-infinitive · passive	the tailor's son not said here		right property	tree rules
3	finish	past · perfect · passive		the doctor		tree rules
4	collect		tailor			nom collecting «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

the Jewish doctor, but only after he confessed to a crime that the purveyor had actually committed

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 doctor	det
2	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 doctor	amod
3	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 confessed	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 confessed	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 confessed	advmod
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 confessed	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 confessed	nsubj
9	confessed	confess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 doctor	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 crime	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 crime	det
12	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 confessed	obl
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 committed	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 purveyor	det
15	purveyor	purveyor	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 committed	nsubj:pass
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 committed	aux
17	actually	actually	ADV	_	18 committed	advmod
18	committed	commit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 confessed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confess	past	he		a crime				vn confess-37.10 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to crime=Recipient
2	commit	past · perfect · passive		the purveyor				actually property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

the doctor's wife, who had been the sick guy's nurse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 doctor	det
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wife	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 doctor	case
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nurse	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 been	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 been	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 been	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 nurse	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 guy	det
10	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 guy	amod
11	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nurse	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 guy	case
13	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	participle	the doctor's wife	the sick guy's nurse					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the Jewish doctor, till he said he was the one who did it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 doctor	det
2	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 doctor	amod
3	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 doctor	punct
5	till	till	SCONJ	_	7 said	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 one	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 one	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 one	det
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	ccomp
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 did	nsubj
13	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 one	acl:relcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 did	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the Jewish doctor		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	doctor	the one	tree rules
3	do	past	the one	it	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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