Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Hunchback, part 36: a hung…

What did the Caliph say to the barber after his story?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Caliph · What happens: do, say · To what, where: barber · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 196 «Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Hunchback, part 36: a hungry brother eats an imaginary feast, and the barber revives the dead hunchback» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Caliph	det
4	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 barber	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 barber	det
8	barber	barber	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	obl
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 story	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 story	nmod:poss
11	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 barber	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the Caliph		the barber after Caliph's story				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to barber=Recipient

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

Truly your tale has been the best I have heard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Truly	truly	ADV	_	7 best	advmod
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 tale	nmod:poss
3	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 best	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 best	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 best	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 best	det
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 heard	nsubj
9	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 heard	aux
10	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 best	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present · perfect	your tale	good, truly property	tree rules
2	hear	present · perfect	I		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
3	tell		your		nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

You were not silent, barber

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 silent	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 silent	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 silent	advmod
4	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 barber	punct
6	barber	barber	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 silent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past	You					silent property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Well were you called the Silent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Well	well	INTJ	_	4 called	discourse
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 called	aux:pass
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 called	nsubj
4	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Silent	det
6	Silent	Silent	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 called	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · passive		you					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 4

Well, you were not called the Silent for nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Well	well	INTJ	_	6 called	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Well	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 called	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 called	aux:pass
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 called	advmod
6	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Silent	det
8	Silent	Silent	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 called	xcomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 nothing	case
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 called	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not call	past · passive		you				for nothing	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for nothing=Beneficiary

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