Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Hunchback, part 32: a dea…

so the doctor's servant gave the sick guy a fee?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: servant · What happens: give · To what, where: sick guy

This is test 9 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	6 gave	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 doctor	det
3	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 servant	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 doctor	case
5	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	nsubj
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guy	det
8	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 guy	amod
9	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fee	det
11	fee	fee	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the doctor's servant	the sick guy					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent guy=Recipient fee=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, she handed over the fee and then went out to the market to buy bread and wine for the house

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 handed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 handed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 handed	nsubj
4	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 fee	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fee	det
7	fee	fee	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 handed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 went	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 went	advmod
10	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 handed	conj
11	out	out	ADV	_	10 went	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 market	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 market	det
14	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 went	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 buy	mark
16	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 went	xcomp
17	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 buy	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 wine	cc
19	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bread	conj
20	for	for	ADP	_	22 house	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 house	det
22	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 buy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand	past	she		the fee			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	go out	past	she not said here			then	to the market; out property	tree rules
3	buy	to-infinitive	she not said here	bread and wine			for the house	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bread=Theme for house=Beneficiary

Option 2

nah, she never saw the sick guy at all, she just opened the door in the dark for the doctor's visitor

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 saw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 saw	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 saw	advmod
5	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 guy	det
7	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 guy	amod
8	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saw	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 guy	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 opened	punct
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 opened	nsubj
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 opened	advmod
14	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 saw	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 door	det
16	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 opened	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 dark	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 dark	det
19	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 opened	obl
20	for	for	ADP	_	24 visitor	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 doctor	det
22	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 visitor	nmod:poss
23	's	's	PART	_	22 doctor	case
24	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 opened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	past	she	the sick guy		all			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer guy=Stimulus
2	open	past	she	the door		the dark		for the doctor's visitor	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent door=Theme in dark=Location

Option 3

yeah, she brought the fee to him at the bedside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 brought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 brought	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 brought	nsubj
4	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fee	det
6	fee	fee	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 brought	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 bedside	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bedside	det
11	bedside	bedside	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	she	the fee	him = he	the bedside			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fee=Theme to he=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

nah, she just opened the door in the dark and handed the doctor the fee

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 opened	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 opened	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 opened	advmod
5	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 opened	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 dark	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dark	det
10	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 opened	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 handed	cc
12	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 opened	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 doctor	det
14	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 handed	obj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 fee	det
16	fee	fee	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 handed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	she	the door		the dark			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent door=Theme in dark=Location
2	hand	past	she not said here	the doctor					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent doctor=Destination fee=Theme

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