Test 4 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Alnaschar, part 34: the broken glass, the…

Why did the black slave go all mental on him with a sword?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: black slave · What happens: go

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 go	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 go	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 slave	det
4	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 slave	amod
5	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	nsubj
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	all	all	ADV	_	8 mental	advmod
8	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 go	xcomp
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 go	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 sword	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 sword	det
13	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · do-support	the black slave					on him = he; with a sword; mental property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with sword=Beneficiary

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

He thought he was a thief at the door

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 thief	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 thief	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 thief	det
6	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	ccomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 door	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 door	det
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thief	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	he	a thief		the door			tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He wanted to know what business he had there

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 know	mark
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 business	nsubj
6	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 know	obj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 business	acl:relcl
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 had	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	want	past	He			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	know not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	business					tree rules
4	have	past	he	business not said here	there	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Patient

Option 3

He thought he was a thief

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 thief	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 thief	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 thief	det
6	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	he	a thief					tree rules

Option 4

He caught him stealing from the house

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 caught	nsubj
2	caught	catch	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 caught	obj
4	stealing	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 caught	xcomp
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 house	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stealing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	He	him = he					tree rules
2	steal	gerund	He not said here			the house			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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