Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Alnaschar, part 34: the broken glass, the…

Wait, so the lady just handed him five hundred gold quid for free?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, lady · What happens: wait, hand · To what, where: hundred gold quid, him

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 handed	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 handed	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lady	det
5	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 handed	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 handed	advmod
7	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 handed	obj
9	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 hundred	compound
10	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 quid	nummod
11	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 quid	compound
12	quid	quid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 handed	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 free	case
14	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 handed	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hand	past	the lady	hundred gold quid	him = he			for free	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination quid=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 told her maid to pay him for the glass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 maid	nmod:poss
6	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	iobj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 pay	mark
8	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 pay	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 glass	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 glass	det
12	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	she		her maid				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent maid=Recipient clause=Topic
2	pay not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	maid				for the glass	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Asset for glass=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she told her servant to give him whatever he had

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 servant	nmod:poss
6	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	iobj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 give	mark
8	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 give	iobj
10	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 give	obj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 had	nsubj
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 whatever	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	she		her servant	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent servant=Recipient clause=Topic
2	give not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	whatever	him = he	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient whatever=Theme
3	have	past	he			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Nah, she made him wait ages then tossed him a small bag of coins from the balcony and left

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	obj
6	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 made	xcomp
7	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wait	obj
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 tossed	advmod
9	tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tossed	obj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bag	det
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bag	amod
13	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tossed	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 coins	case
15	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 bag	nmod
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 balcony	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 balcony	det
18	balcony	balcony	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 coins	nmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 left	cc
20	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 made	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	make	past	she	him = he			tree rules
2	wait	infinitive	him = he not said here	ages			tree rules
3	toss	past	she not said here	a small bag of coins from the balcony	him = he	then	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary bag=Product
4	leave	participle	she not said here				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, she told her servant to hand him the whole purse of gold and then she rode off on her mule

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 servant	nmod:poss
6	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	iobj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 hand	mark
8	hand	hand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	ccomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hand	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 purse	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 purse	amod
12	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hand	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 gold	case
14	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 purse	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 rode	cc
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 rode	advmod
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 rode	nsubj
18	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	conj
19	off	off	ADP	_	18 rode	compound:prt
20	on	on	ADP	_	22 mule	case
21	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 mule	nmod:poss
22	mule	mule	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	she		her servant			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent servant=Recipient clause=Topic
2	hand not said to happen	to-infinitive		the whole purse of gold	him = he			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination purse=Theme
3	ride off	past	she			then	on her mule	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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