Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman, part 42: a bird steal…

why'd she keep it on the down-low?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: keep · To what, where: it, down low

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 202 «Arabian Nights, Prince Camaralzaman, part 42: a bird steals the talisman and Badoura takes her husband's place» 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 keep	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	4 keep	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 keep	nsubj
4	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 keep	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	10 low	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 low	det
8	down	down	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 low	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 down	punct
10	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 keep	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	she	it		the down low			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme on low=Location

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

she feared the king's anger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 anger	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 king	case
6	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feared	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	she	the king's anger					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anger=Stimulus
2	anger		the king						nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

she was scared of treason

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 scared	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 treason	case
5	treason	treason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					of treason; scared property	tree rules

Option 3

she wanted the throne herself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 throne	det
4	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	she	the throne				herself = she obl	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot throne=Theme

Option 4

she believed the king would blame her for losing the prince at sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blame	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 blame	aux
6	blame	blame	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 believed	ccomp
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 blame	obj
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 losing	mark
9	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 blame	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 prince	det
11	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 losing	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 sea	case
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 losing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	believe	past	she			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	blame	would	the king	her = she		vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3	lose	gerund	the king not said here	the prince	sea	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality

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