Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Alnaschar, part 34: the broken glass, the…

Why'd the salt not kill him, is that even possible?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: salt · What happens: not kill, be · To what, where: him

This is test 7 · ★ 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	4 salt	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 salt	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 salt	det
4	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 possible	nsubj
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 kill	advmod
6	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 salt	acl:relcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kill	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 salt	punct
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 possible	cop
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 possible	mark
11	even	even	ADV	_	12 possible	advmod
12	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 possible	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not kill	infinitive	the salt not said here	him = he					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	is	present	the salt					possible 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

The salt numbed him, so he slept on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 salt	det
2	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 numbed	nsubj
3	numbed	numb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 numbed	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 slept	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 slept	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 slept	nsubj
8	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 numbed	conj
9	on	on	ADV	_	8 slept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	numb	past	the salt	him = he					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
2	sleep on	past	salt						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It stung him, so he stayed awake, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stung	nsubj
2	stung	sting	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 stung	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stayed	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 stayed	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stayed	nsubj
7	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stung	conj
8	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stayed	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 innit	punct
10	innit	innit	INTJ	_	2 stung	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sting	past	It	him = he					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
2	stay	past	he					awake property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Salt blocks blood, so he survived it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blocks	nsubj
2	blocks	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blocks	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 survived	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 survived	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 survived	nsubj
7	survived	survive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 blocks	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 survived	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	present	Salt	blood					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer blood=Theme
2	survive	past	Salt	blood					vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Circumstance

Option 4

It cured the cuts, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cured	nsubj
2	cured	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cuts	det
4	cuts	cut	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cured	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mate	punct
6	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cuts	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	past	It	the cuts and mate					vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer cut=Source

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