Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Alnaschar, part 34: the broken glass, the…

Did the old woman push him down the stairs or what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: old woman · What happens: push down · To what, where: him

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 push	aux
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	5 push	nsubj
5	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 push	obj
7	down	down	ADP	_	5 push	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stairs	det
9	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 push	obj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 what	cc
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 stairs	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 push	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push down	past · do-support	the old woman	him = he					vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent he=Theme stair=Destination

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 · ✓ the right answer

She dragged him to a trapdoor and threw him in

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	2 dragged	nsubj
2	dragged	drag	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 dragged	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 trapdoor	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 trapdoor	det
6	trapdoor	trapdoor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dragged	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 threw	cc
8	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dragged	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 threw	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	8 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag	past	She	him = he		a trapdoor			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to trapdoor=Destination
2	throw	past	She not said here	him = he					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

She pulled him to a hatch and dropped him

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	2 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	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 pulled	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 hatch	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hatch	det
6	hatch	hatch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 dropped	cc
8	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pulled	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 dropped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past	She	him = he		a hatch			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to hatch=Destination
2	drop	past	She not said here	him = he					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

She hauled him over to the cellar door

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	2 hauled	nsubj
2	hauled	haul	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 hauled	obj
4	over	over	ADP	_	2 hauled	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 door	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
7	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 door	compound
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hauled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	haul over	past	She	him = he		the cellar door			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to door=Destination

Option 4

She pushed him down stairs

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	2 pushed	nsubj
2	pushed	push	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 pushed	obj
4	down	down	ADP	_	2 pushed	compound:prt
5	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pushed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push down	past	She	him = he					vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent he=Theme stair=Destination

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