Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 43: a king…
so the king wants this dude to marry his daughter, fr?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king, dude · What happens: want, marry · To what, where: dude, daughter
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 203 «Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 43: a king makes a stranger his heir, and a gardener's treasure is found» 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 wants | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wants | nsubj |
| 4 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 dude | det |
| 6 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wants | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 marry | mark |
| 8 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wants | xcomp |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 10 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 marry | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fr | punct |
| 12 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 daughter | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | the king | this dude | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | marry not said to happen | to-infinitive | this dude not said here | king's daughter and fr | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=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 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, he's got no son so it's the crown
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | aux |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 son | det |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 crown | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 crown | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 crown | cop |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 crown | det |
| 12 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · passive | he | no son | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | the crown | tree rules |
Option 2
yeah, he's got no son so he offers the daughter and the whole crown to this guy
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | aux |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 offers | ccomp |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 son | det |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 offers | advmod |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 offers | nsubj |
| 10 | offers | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 daughter | det |
| 12 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 offers | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 crown | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 crown | det |
| 15 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 crown | amod |
| 16 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 daughter | conj |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 guy | case |
| 18 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 guy | det |
| 19 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 offers | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · passive | he | no son | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | offer | present | he | the daughter and the whole crown | to this guy | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
nah, it's more like he wants a friend, but then the marriage talk comes up later anyway
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 more | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 more | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 more | cop |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 8 wants | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 wants | nsubj |
| 8 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 more | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 friend | det |
| 10 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wants | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 comes | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 comes | cc |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 comes | advmod |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 talk | det |
| 15 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 talk | compound |
| 16 | talk | talk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 comes | nsubj |
| 17 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 wants | conj |
| 18 | up | up | ADP | _ | 17 comes | compound:prt |
| 19 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 20 anyway | advmod |
| 20 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 17 comes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | more property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | present | he | a friend | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot friend=Theme | ||||
| 3 | come up | present | the marriage talk | then | anyway property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
nah, he wants a son-in-law instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 wants | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wants | nsubj |
| 4 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 son | det |
| 6 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wants | obj |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 law | punct |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 law | case |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 in | punct |
| 10 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 son | nmod |
| 11 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 4 wants | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | he | a son | law | instead property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot son=Theme |
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