Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Fair Persian, part 46: Khacan buys a s…

Yo, so the vizir's son just bulldozed past two little slaves like they were nothing, no cap?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: son, slaves · What happens: bulldoze, be

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 206 «Arabian Nights, The Fair Persian, part 46: Khacan buys a slave for the king, and his son falls for her» 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	9 bulldozed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	9 bulldozed	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 vizir	det
5	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 son	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 vizir	case
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bulldozed	nsubj
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 bulldozed	advmod
9	bulldozed	bulldoze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	past	past	ADP	_	13 slaves	case
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 slaves	nummod
12	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 slaves	amod
13	slaves	slave	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 bulldozed	obl
14	like	like	ADP	_	17 nothing	case
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 nothing	nsubj
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 nothing	cop
17	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 slaves	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 cap	punct
19	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	20 cap	det
20	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 nothing	appos
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 bulldozed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bulldoze	past	the vizir's son					past two little slaves	tree rules
2	is	past	slaves = slave					like nothing	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

Yeah, Noureddin shoved them out, slammed the door and told his mum everything

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 shoved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 shoved	punct
3	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 shoved	nsubj
4	shoved	shove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 slammed	advcl
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shoved	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	4 shoved	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 slammed	punct
8	slammed	slam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slammed	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 told	cc
12	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 slammed	conj
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 mum	nmod:poss
14	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 told	iobj
15	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 told	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	shove out	past	Noureddin	them = they		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	slam	past		the door		vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient
3	tell speech: assert	past		everything	Noureddin's mum	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient everything=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, Noureddin shoved them out and shut the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 shoved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 shoved	nsubj
4	shoved	shove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shoved	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	4 shoved	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 shut	cc
8	shut	shut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 shoved	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shove out	past	Noureddin	them = they					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	shut	infinitive	Noureddin not said here	the door					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, Noureddin yelled at them and left the room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 yelled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 yelled	nsubj
4	yelled	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 yelled	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 left	cc
8	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 yelled	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 room	det
10	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yell speech: express	past	Noureddin					at them = they	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at they=Stimulus
2	leave	past	Noureddin not said here	the room					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, he pushed them aside and told the cook

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 pushed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 pushed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pushed	nsubj
4	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pushed	obj
6	aside	aside	ADV	_	4 pushed	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 told	cc
8	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pushed	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cook	det
10	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 told	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	he	them = they				aside property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past	he not said here		the cook				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cook=Recipient

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