Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Alnaschar, part 34: the broken glass, the…

Was the lady mad at him for the basket, or what?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lady · What happens: be

This is test 11 · ★ 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 mad	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lady	det
3	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mad	nsubj
4	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mad	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 basket	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 basket	det
9	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mad	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 what	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 what	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mad	parataxis
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the lady					at him = he; for the basket; mad property	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

Yeah, she demanded he pay the full price

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 demanded	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 demanded	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 demanded	nsubj
4	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 pay	nsubj
6	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 demanded	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 price	det
8	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 price	amod
9	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	past	she						vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
2	pay	infinitive	he	the full price					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Asset

Option 2

Yeah, she was furious and ordered her servants to beat him in the street for breaking the glass

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 furious	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 furious	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 furious	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 furious	cop
5	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ordered	cc
7	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 furious	conj
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 servants	nmod:poss
9	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ordered	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 beat	mark
11	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 ordered	xcomp
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 beat	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 street	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 street	det
15	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 beat	obl
16	for	for	SCONJ	_	17 breaking	mark
17	breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 beat	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 glass	det
19	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 breaking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	she		furious property	tree rules
2	order	past	she not said here	her servants		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent servant=Recipient clause=Topic
3	beat not said to happen	to-infinitive	her servants not said here	him = he	in the street	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Patient in street=Topic
4	break	gerund	her servants not said here	the glass		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer glass=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, she felt sorry and gave him money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 felt	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 felt	nsubj
4	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 felt	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gave	cc
7	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 felt	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 gave	iobj
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	she					sorry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	give	past	she not said here	money	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient money=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, she was angry at first but then she ordered her slaves to chase him down and give him gold

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 angry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 angry	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 angry	cop
5	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 first	case
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 angry	obl
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 ordered	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 ordered	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 ordered	nsubj
11	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 angry	conj
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 slaves	nmod:poss
13	slaves	slave	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 ordered	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 chase	mark
15	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 ordered	xcomp
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 chase	obj
17	down	down	ADP	_	15 chase	compound:prt
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 give	cc
19	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 chase	conj
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 give	iobj
21	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she				angry property	tree rules
2	order	past	she	her slaves		then		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent slave=Recipient clause=Topic
3	chase down not said to happen	to-infinitive	her slaves not said here	him = he				vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
4	give	infinitive	her slaves not said here	gold	him = he			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gold=Theme

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