Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badou…

Bruv, the old king said the prince had to marry for the good of the whole empire, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old king, prince · What happens: say, have, marry · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 197 «Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badoura, part 37: the prince refuses to marry and is locked in a tower» 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 said	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 king	amod
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prince	det
8	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 had	nsubj
9	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 said	ccomp
10	to	to	PART	_	11 marry	mark
11	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 had	xcomp
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 good	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 good	det
14	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 marry	ccomp
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 empire	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 empire	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 empire	amod
18	empire	empire	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 good	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 right	punct
20	right	right	INTJ	_	14 good	discourse
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the old king	Bruv vocative	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	past	the prince		tree rules
3	marry	to-infinitive	the prince not said here		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, the vizir said it was for the people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vizir	det
4	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 people	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 people	cop
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 people	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 people	det
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the vizir						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	vizir					for the people	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the king said it was for the empire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 empire	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 empire	cop
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 empire	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 empire	det
10	empire	empire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the king						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	it					for the empire	tree rules

Option 3

Yeah, the king said it was for the empire, and that a prince without a wife is no prince at all

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 empire	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 empire	cop
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 empire	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 empire	det
10	empire	empire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 prince	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 prince	cc
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 prince	mark
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 prince	det
15	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 prince	nsubj
16	without	without	ADP	_	18 wife	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 wife	det
18	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 prince	nmod
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 prince	cop
20	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	21 prince	det
21	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	ccomp
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 all	case
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 prince	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the king				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	it			for the empire	tree rules
3	is a	present	a prince without a wife	no prince	all		tree rules

Option 4

Nah, the king said it was only for his own pleasure and vanity at court

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 pleasure	expl
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 pleasure	cop
8	only	only	ADV	_	12 pleasure	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 pleasure	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 pleasure	nmod:poss
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 pleasure	amod
12	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	ccomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 vanity	cc
14	vanity	vanity	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pleasure	conj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 court	case
16	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pleasure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the king						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past				court		for king's own pleasure and vanity	tree rules

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