Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Alnaschar, part 34: the broken glass, the…

Was the old woman actually poor, or was she having him on?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: woman · What happens: be, have on · To what, where: old woman, him

This is test 3 · ★ 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 woman	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 woman	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 woman	amod
4	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 poor	csubj
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 poor	advmod
6	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 having	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 having	cc
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 having	aux
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 having	nsubj
11	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 poor	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 having	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	11 having	compound:prt
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 poor	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the old woman					tree rules
2	have on	past · progressive	woman	him = he					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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

She was genuinely poor and hungry, she was begging on the street corner all day long

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 poor	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 poor	cop
3	genuinely	genuinely	ADV	_	4 poor	advmod
4	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 hungry	cc
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 poor	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 begging	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 begging	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 begging	aux
10	begging	beg	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 poor	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 corner	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 corner	det
13	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 corner	compound
14	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 begging	obl
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 day	det
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 begging	obl:unmarked
17	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 begging	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She			genuinely, poor property	tree rules
2	be		She not said here				tree rules
3	beg speech: request	past · progressive	she	the street corner	day	long property	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She was having him on, she had a rich lady

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 having	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 having	aux
3	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 having	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	3 having	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 had	punct
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 having	parataxis
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lady	det
10	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 lady	amod
11	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have on	past · progressive	She	him = he					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	have	past	she	a rich lady					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Patient

Option 3

She was having him on, she was really poor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 having	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 having	aux
3	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 having	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	3 having	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 poor	punct
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 poor	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 poor	cop
9	really	really	ADV	_	10 poor	advmod
10	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 having	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have on	past · progressive	She	him = he					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	is	past	she					poor property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She was poor at first but then the lady paid her well for water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 poor	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 poor	cop
3	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 first	case
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 poor	obl
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 paid	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 paid	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lady	det
9	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 paid	nsubj
10	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 poor	conj
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 paid	obj
12	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 paid	advmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 water	case
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					poor property	tree rules
2	pay	past	the lady	her = she			then	for water; well property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Asset for water=Theme

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