Test 10 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Alnaschar, part 34: the broken glass, the…

Did the tailor actually feel bad for the brother or was he just a laugh?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tailor · What happens: do, feel, be · To what, where: tailor, laugh

This is test 10 · ★ 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tailor	det
3	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
4	actually	actually	ADV	_	5 feel	advmod
5	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Did	advcl
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feel	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 brother	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 brother	det
9	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bad	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 laugh	cc
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 laugh	cop
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 laugh	nsubj
13	just	just	ADV	_	15 laugh	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 laugh	det
15	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 brother	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past		the tailor		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tailor=Eventuality
2	feel	present			actually, bad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	is a	past	tailor	a laugh		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

He told him off for hurting his poor wife and then gave him a coin to buy a new basket

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	off	off	ADP	_	2 told	compound:prt
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 hurting	mark
6	hurting	hurt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 told	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wife	nmod:poss
8	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wife	amod
9	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hurting	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 gave	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 gave	advmod
12	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 gave	iobj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 coin	det
15	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	obj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 buy	mark
17	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 gave	advcl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 basket	det
19	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 basket	amod
20	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 buy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	tell off speech: assert	past	He		him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	hurt	gerund	He not said here	his poor wife			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Patient
3	give	past	He not said here	a coin	him = he	then	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient coin=Theme
4	buy	to-infinitive	He not said here	a new basket			vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He yelled at him for hurting his wife, then he laughed and told everyone in the market

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 yelled	nsubj
2	yelled	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 yelled	obl
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 hurting	mark
6	hurting	hurt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 yelled	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 wife	nmod:poss
8	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hurting	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 laughed	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 laughed	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 laughed	nsubj
12	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 yelled	parataxis
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 told	cc
14	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 laughed	conj
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	14 told	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 market	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 market	det
18	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yell speech: express	past	He					at him = he	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at he=Stimulus
2	hurt	gerund	He not said here	his wife					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Patient
3	laugh	past	he				then		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	tell speech: assert	past	he not said here		everyone	the market			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He told him off for hurting his poor wife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	off	off	ADP	_	2 told	compound:prt
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 hurting	mark
6	hurting	hurt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 told	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wife	nmod:poss
8	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wife	amod
9	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hurting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell off speech: assert	past	He		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	hurt	gerund	He not said here	his poor wife					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Patient

Option 4

He called him a fool and walked off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fool	det
5	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 walked	cc
7	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 walked	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	He		him = he				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	walk off	past	He not said here						vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/194-pg128-part34/t10/