Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman, part 38: Maimoune kis…
why does Maimoune say Danhasch must be blind lol
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Maimoune · What happens: say, be · To what, where: Danhasch · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 198 «Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman, part 38: Maimoune kisses the sleeping prince, then a bet sends for the Chinese princess and a judge» 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 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 say | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | Maimoune | Maimoune | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | Danhasch | Danhasch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 say | obj |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 blind | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 blind | cop |
| 8 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Danhasch | appos |
| 9 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 say | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | Maimoune | Danhasch | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent danhasch=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | must | blind property | tree rules |
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
Cause he's too scared to face the umpire fairly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cause | cause | SCONJ | _ | 5 scared | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 scared | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 scared | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 scared | advmod |
| 5 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 face | mark |
| 7 | face | face | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 scared | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 umpire | det |
| 9 | umpire | umpire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 face | obj |
| 10 | fairly | fairly | ADV | _ | 7 face | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | face | to-infinitive | he not said here | the umpire | fairly property | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme umpire=Destination |
Option 2
Cause he can't see how her prince beats his princess, which is obvious to anyone with eyes in their head
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cause | cause | SCONJ | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 see | nsubj |
| 3 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 see | advmod |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 beats | advmod |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 prince | nmod:poss |
| 8 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 beats | nsubj |
| 9 | beats | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | advcl |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 princess | nmod:poss |
| 11 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 beats | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 obvious | punct |
| 13 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 obvious | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 obvious | cop |
| 15 | obvious | obvious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 princess | acl:relcl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 anyone | case |
| 17 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 15 obvious | obl |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 eyes | case |
| 19 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 anyone | nmod |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 head | case |
| 21 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 head | nmod:poss |
| 22 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 beats | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | can | he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | beat | present | her prince | prince's princess | in eyes's head | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent princess=Patient in head=Topic | |||
| 3 | is | present | prince's princess | to anyone; obvious property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Cause he can't see how her prince beats his princess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cause | cause | SCONJ | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 see | nsubj |
| 3 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 see | advmod |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 beats | advmod |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 prince | nmod:poss |
| 8 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 beats | nsubj |
| 9 | beats | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | advcl |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 princess | nmod:poss |
| 11 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 beats | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | can | he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | beat | present | her prince | prince's princess | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location princess=Theme |
Option 4
Cause he can't see how her prince beats his princess, and also he's literally been cheating the whole time
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cause | cause | SCONJ | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 see | nsubj |
| 3 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 see | advmod |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 cheating | advcl |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 beats | advmod |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 prince | nmod:poss |
| 8 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 beats | nsubj |
| 9 | beats | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | advcl |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 princess | nmod:poss |
| 11 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 beats | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 cheating | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 cheating | cc |
| 14 | also | also | ADV | _ | 19 cheating | advmod |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 cheating | nsubj |
| 16 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 cheating | aux |
| 17 | literally | literally | ADV | _ | 19 cheating | advmod |
| 18 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 cheating | aux |
| 19 | cheating | cheat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 time | det |
| 21 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 time | amod |
| 22 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 cheating | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | can | he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | beat | present | her prince | prince's princess | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location princess=Theme | ||||
| 3 | cheat | present · progressive | prince | time | literally property | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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