Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 43: a king…

Camaralzaman found the talisman near the dead bird, right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Camaralzaman · What happens: find · To what, where: talisman

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Camaralzaman	Camaralzaman	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 talisman	det
4	talisman	talisman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
5	near	near	ADP	_	8 bird	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bird	det
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bird	amod
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 talisman	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	2 found	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	Camaralzaman	the talisman				near the dead bird	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talisman=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, it was the golden ring the king lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 ring	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ring	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 ring	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ring	det
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ring	amod
7	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ring	appos
10	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 king	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	the golden ring					tree rules
2	lose	participle		the king not said here					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

nah, he found a red talisman but it was actually from the gardener's cave near the tree

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 found	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 found	nsubj
4	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 talisman	det
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 talisman	amod
7	talisman	talisman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	obj
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 cave	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 cave	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 cave	cop
11	actually	actually	ADV	_	16 cave	advmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	16 cave	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gardener	det
14	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cave	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 gardener	case
16	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	conj
17	near	near	ADP	_	19 tree	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 tree	det
19	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cave	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	he	a red talisman					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talisman=Topic
2	is	past	talisman			the gardener's cave		near the tree; actually property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, the red one that caused all the drama

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 one	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 one	det
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 one	amod
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 caused	nsubj
7	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 one	acl:relcl
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 drama	det:predet
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 drama	det
10	drama	drama	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caused	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	the red one	all drama					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition drama=Patient

Option 4

yeah, the red one he found buried in the dirt near the staircase and the old tree outside

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 one	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 one	det
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 one	amod
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 found	nsubj
7	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 one	acl:relcl
8	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 one	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 dirt	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dirt	det
11	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 buried	obl
12	near	near	ADP	_	14 staircase	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 staircase	det
14	staircase	staircase	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 buried	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 tree	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 tree	det
17	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 tree	amod
18	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 staircase	conj
19	outside	outside	ADV	_	18 tree	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	he	the red one not said here					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic
2	bury	participle		the red one not said here		the dirt		near the staircase and the old tree	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in dirt=Destination

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