Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badou…

Wait, the prince just read books all night in the tower, lol?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, prince · What happens: wait, read · To what, where: books, tower

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 read	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prince	det
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 read	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 read	advmod
6	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
7	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 read	obj
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 night	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 read	obl:unmarked
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 tower	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tower	det
12	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 read	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct
14	lol	lol	INTJ	_	1 Wait	discourse
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	read	past	the prince	books		the tower	night		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic

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

Nah, he cried all night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 cried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cried	nsubj
4	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 night	det
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cried	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	he				night		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he was chilling with his books and his slave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 chilling	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 chilling	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 chilling	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chilling	aux
5	chilling	chill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 books	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 books	nmod:poss
8	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chilling	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 slave	cc
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 slave	nmod:poss
11	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 books	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chill	past · progressive	he					with his books and his slave	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with book=Instrument

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he read his books and played chess with his slave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 read	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 read	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 read	nsubj
4	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 books	nmod:poss
6	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 read	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 played	cc
8	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 read	conj
9	chess	chess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 played	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 slave	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 slave	nmod:poss
12	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 played	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past	he	his books					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic
2	play	past	he not said here	chess				with his slave	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent chess=Theme with slave=Co-Agent

Option 4

Nah, he prayed all night and cried for his mum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 prayed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 prayed	nsubj
4	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 night	det
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prayed	obl:unmarked
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cried	cc
8	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 prayed	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 mum	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mum	nmod:poss
11	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	past	he				night		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	cry speech: express	past	he not said here					for his mum	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for mum=Recipient

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