Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Hunchback, part 33: the tailor confess…

Lowkey, what was Alnaschar doing by his basket?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lowkey · What happens: do

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 193 «Arabian Nights, The Hunchback, part 33: the tailor confesses, the Sultan summons everyone, and Alnaschar dreams of riches» 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	6 doing	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lowkey	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 doing	obj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 doing	aux
5	Alnaschar	Alnaschar	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 doing	nsubj
6	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 basket	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 basket	nmod:poss
9	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 doing	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · progressive	Lowkey					by Alnaschar's basket	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Talking out loud to himself about his dreams of wealth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Talking	compound:prt
3	loud	loud	ADV	_	1 Talking	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 himself	case
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Talking	obl
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 dreams	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 dreams	nmod:poss
8	dreams	dream	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Talking	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 wealth	case
10	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dreams	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk out	gerund			himself = he			about his dreams of wealth; loud property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.topic»: agent=Agent to himself=Co-Agent about dream=Topic
2	dream		his = he	wealth					nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 2

Shouting insults at the tailor while the crowd gathered around his basket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 gathered	csubj
2	insults	insult	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Shouting	obj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 tailor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tailor	det
5	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shouting	obl
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 gathered	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 crowd	det
8	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gathered	nsubj
9	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	around	around	ADP	_	12 basket	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 basket	nmod:poss
12	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gathered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund		insults				at the tailor	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insult=Topic
2	gather	past	the crowd			crowd's basket			vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Arguing with a passing dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Arguing	argue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	5 dog	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dog	det
4	passing	passing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dog	compound
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Arguing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	gerund						with a passing dog	vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with dog=Co-Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Talking out loud to himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Talking	compound:prt
3	loud	loud	ADV	_	1 Talking	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 himself	case
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Talking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk out	gerund			himself = he			loud property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to himself=Co-Agent

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