Test 4 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 43: a king…

the birds really buried the dead one and then went for revenge?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: birds · What happens: bury, go · To what, where: dead one

This is test 4 · ★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 birds	det
2	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 buried	nsubj
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 buried	advmod
4	buried	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	amod
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buried	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 went	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 went	advmod
10	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 buried	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 revenge	case
12	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 went	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 buried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	past	the birds	the dead one					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
2	go	past	the birds not said here				then	for revenge	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for revenge=Beneficiary

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

yeah, they wrecked the cave instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wrecked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wrecked	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wrecked	nsubj
4	wrecked	wreck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cave	det
6	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wrecked	obj
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	4 wrecked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wreck	past	they	the cave				instead property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, they buried the dead one first, then flew off and tracked down the killer's whole family

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 buried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 buried	nsubj
4	buried	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	amod
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buried	obj
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 buried	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 flew	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 flew	advmod
11	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 buried	conj
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 flew	compound:prt
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 tracked	cc
14	tracked	track	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 flew	conj
15	down	down	ADP	_	14 tracked	compound:prt
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 killer	det
17	killer	killer	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 family	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 killer	case
19	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 family	amod
20	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tracked	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	bury	past	they	the dead one		first property	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
2	fly off	past	they not said here		then		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	track down	participle	they not said here				vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

nah, they buried him and then went to the town to ask the king for justice against the idolaters

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 buried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 buried	nsubj
4	buried	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 buried	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 went	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 went	advmod
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 buried	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 town	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 town	det
11	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 went	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 ask	mark
13	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 went	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 king	det
15	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ask	obj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 justice	case
17	justice	justice	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ask	obl
18	against	against	ADP	_	20 idolaters	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 idolaters	det
20	idolaters	idolater	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	past	they	him = he					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	go	past	they not said here			the town	then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial_Location
3	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive	they not said here		the king			for justice; against the idolaters	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, they got the killer and wrecked him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 killer	det
6	killer	killer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wrecked	cc
8	wrecked	wreck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 got	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wrecked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	they	the killer					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer killer=Stimulus
2	wreck	past	they not said here	him = he					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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