Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badou…

His mum Fatima tried to talk him round, but he weren't having it, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, Fatima · What happens: try, talk, not have · To what, where: Fatima, it

This is test 6 · ★ 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	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tried	nsubj
3	Fatima	Fatima	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 mum	appos
4	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 talk	mark
6	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tried	xcomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 talk	obj
8	round	round	ADV	_	6 talk	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 having	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 having	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 having	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 having	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 having	advmod
14	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 tried	parataxis
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 having	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 right	punct
17	right	right	INTJ	_	14 having	discourse
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	try	past	His mum			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	talk not said to happen	to-infinitive	His mum not said here	Fatima	round property	vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	not have	past · progressive	Fatima	it		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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, he was right stubborn with her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 stubborn	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stubborn	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stubborn	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stubborn	cop
5	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stubborn	amod
6	stubborn	stubborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stubborn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					with her = she; stubborn property	tree rules

Option 2

Nah, he gave in to her straight away and promised to marry whoever the king picked

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	4 gave	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	obl
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 away	advmod
9	away	away	ADV	_	4 gave	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 promised	cc
11	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gave	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 marry	mark
13	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 promised	xcomp
14	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 marry	obj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 marry	obj
17	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 king	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give in	past	he		her = she	away property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to she=Pivot
2	promise speech: promise	past	he not said here				vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	whoever			tree rules
4	pick	participle		the king not said here			vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yeah, he was well stubborn with her and kept refusing even after she cried for ages

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 stubborn	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stubborn	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stubborn	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stubborn	cop
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 stubborn	advmod
6	stubborn	stubborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stubborn	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 kept	cc
10	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stubborn	conj
11	refusing	refuse	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 kept	xcomp
12	even	even	ADV	_	15 cried	advmod
13	after	after	SCONJ	_	15 cried	mark
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 cried	nsubj
15	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 refusing	advcl
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 ages	case
17	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 cried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he		with her = she; stubborn, well property	tree rules
2	keep	past	he not said here			tree rules
3	refuse	gerund	he not said here			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	cry speech: express	past	she	for ages		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for age=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he was well stubborn with her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 stubborn	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stubborn	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stubborn	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stubborn	cop
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 stubborn	advmod
6	stubborn	stubborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stubborn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					with her = she; stubborn, well property	tree rules

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