Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 44: the oli…

Bruv, why'd the gardener look proper rough at night?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gardener · What happens: look

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 204 «Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 44: the olives hide the gold and the talisman, and the prince is carried off» 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 look	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 look	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	7 look	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gardener	det
6	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 look	nsubj
7	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rough	amod
9	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 look	xcomp
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 night	case
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 look	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	infinitive	the gardener				night	Bruv vocative; rough property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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

Cos he was knackered and old, and the captain had been shouting at him at the door all day long

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 knackered	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knackered	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 knackered	aux:pass
4	knackered	knacker	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 old	cc
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 knackered	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 shouting	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 shouting	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 captain	det
10	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shouting	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 shouting	aux
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 shouting	aux
13	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 knackered	advcl
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 shouting	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 door	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 door	det
18	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shouting	obl
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 day	det
20	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shouting	obl:unmarked
21	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 knackered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knacker	past · passive		he				long property	tree rules
2	shout speech: express	past · perfect · progressive	the captain			the door	day	at him = he	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He was dead old and the whole day had wrecked him, plus he was worried about the sailors

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 old	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 old	cop
3	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 old	amod
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wrecked	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 day	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 day	amod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wrecked	obl:unmarked
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 wrecked	aux
10	wrecked	wreck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 old	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wrecked	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 worried	punct
13	plus	plus	CCONJ	_	16 worried	cc
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 worried	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 worried	cop
16	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 old	conj
17	about	about	ADP	_	19 sailors	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sailors	det
19	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 worried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He			old property	tree rules
2	wreck	past · perfect	He not said here	him = he	day		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	is	past	he			about the sailors; worried property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was old and knackered from the day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 old	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 old	cop
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 knackered	cc
5	knackered	knacker	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 old	conj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 day	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knackered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					old property	tree rules
2	knacker	participle	He not said here				day		tree rules

Option 4

He was cold and sad and couldn't sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cold	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cold	cop
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sad	cc
5	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cold	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sleep	cc
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 sleep	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 sleep	advmod
9	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	He	cold property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here		tree rules
3	not sleep	could	He not said here		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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