Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Alnaschar, part 34: the broken glass, the…

Yo, did the barber's bro actually smash his own glass basket, or what?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, smash · To what, where: bro, own glass basket

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 194 «Arabian Nights, Alnaschar, part 34: the broken glass, the gold, and the trap below the house» 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	3 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 barber	det
5	barber	barber	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bro	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 barber	case
7	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
8	actually	actually	ADV	_	9 smash	advmod
9	smash	smash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	advcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 basket	nmod:poss
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 basket	amod
12	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 basket	compound
13	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 smash	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 what	punct
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 what	cc
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	parataxis
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the barber's bro					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bro=Eventuality
2	smash	present		barber's own glass basket				actually property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=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

Yeah, he kicked the whole thing over in the street and his lot smashed everywhere, proper mess, mate

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 kicked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kicked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kicked	nsubj
4	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 thing	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thing	amod
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kicked	obj
8	over	over	ADV	_	4 kicked	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 street	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 street	det
11	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kicked	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 smashed	cc
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 lot	nmod:poss
14	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 smashed	nsubj
15	smashed	smash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kicked	conj
16	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	15 smashed	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 mess	punct
18	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 mess	amod
19	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kicked	parataxis
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 mate	punct
21	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 mess	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	past	he	the whole thing		the street		over property	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent thing=Patient in street=Location
2	smash	past	his lot					everywhere property	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he kicked it and it went everywhere, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 kicked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kicked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kicked	nsubj
4	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kicked	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 went	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 went	nsubj
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kicked	conj
9	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 went	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mate	punct
11	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	past	he	it					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	go	past	it	mate				everywhere property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, the lady's servant knocked it off the cart when he was shouting at the baker about his prices, innit

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 knocked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lady	det
4	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 servant	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 lady	case
6	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 knocked	nsubj
7	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 knocked	obj
9	off	off	ADP	_	11 cart	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cart	det
11	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 knocked	obl
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 shouting	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 shouting	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 shouting	aux
15	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 knocked	advcl
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 baker	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 baker	det
18	baker	baker	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shouting	obl
19	about	about	ADP	_	21 prices	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 prices	nmod:poss
21	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 shouting	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 innit	punct
23	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 prices	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock	past	the lady's servant	it				off the cart	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient off cart=Co-Patient
2	shout speech: express	past · progressive	servant			the baker		about servant's prices and innit	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about price=Topic

Option 4

Nah, he sat on it and cracked the lot, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sat	nsubj
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sat	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cracked	cc
8	cracked	crack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sat	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lot	det
10	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cracked	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mate	punct
12	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lot	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	he			it			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location
2	crack	past	he not said here	the lot					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lot=Theme

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