Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Camaralzaman and Badoura, part 44: the oli…
Wait, what's the captain's big plan on the second trip?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: big plan, second trip
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 plan | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 plan | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 plan | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 captain | det |
| 6 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 plan | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 captain | case |
| 8 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 plan | amod |
| 9 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 trip | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 trip | det |
| 12 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 13 trip | amod |
| 13 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 plan | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | the captain's big plan | the second trip | tree rules |
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
Take the prince back by force, since the princess has ordered him brought to her
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 brought | ccomp |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obj |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Take | advmod |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 force | case |
| 6 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 ordered | punct |
| 8 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 12 ordered | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 princess | det |
| 10 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ordered | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 ordered | aux |
| 12 | ordered | order | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Take | advcl |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 ordered | obj |
| 14 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 her | case |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 brought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take back | infinitive | the prince | by force | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument prince=Destination | ||||
| 2 | order | present · perfect · passive | the princess | him = he | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | bring | past | princess | tree rules |
Option 2
Wait for the princess to call
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 princess | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 princess | det |
| 4 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 call | mark |
| 6 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | for the princess | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | call | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Get the prince back by force
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | obj |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Get | advmod |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 force | case |
| 6 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get back | imperative | you not said here | the prince | by force | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus |
Option 4
Get the prince back by force, using all the sailors and weapons he can gather from the harbour
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | obj |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Get | advmod |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 force | case |
| 6 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 using | punct |
| 8 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Get | advcl |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 sailors | det:predet |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sailors | det |
| 11 | sailors | sailor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 using | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 weapons | cc |
| 13 | weapons | weapon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 sailors | conj |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 gather | nsubj |
| 15 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 gather | aux |
| 16 | gather | gather | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Get | conj |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 harbour | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 harbour | det |
| 19 | harbour | harbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 gather | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get back | imperative | you not said here | the prince | by force | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | use | gerund | you not said here | all sailors and weapons | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sailor=Patient | ||||
| 3 | gather | can | he | the harbour | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from harbour=Source |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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