Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Fair Persian, part 46: Khacan buys a s…

Fr, what did the merchant say to do with her before the king saw her?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: merchant, king · What happens: say, do, see · To what, where: Fr, merchant · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 say	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 say	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 merchant	det
6	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Fr	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 do	mark
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 say	xcomp
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 do	obl
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	15 saw	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 king	det
14	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 saw	nsubj
15	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 do	advcl
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 saw	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Fr	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the merchant	Fr		tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	the merchant not said here		with merchant	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	see	past	the king	merchant		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=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

Keep her a fortnight in the house and dress her like a queen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fortnight	det
4	fortnight	fortnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 house	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dress	cc
9	dress	dress	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 dress	obj
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 queen	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 queen	det
13	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dress	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	her = she		the house	fortnight		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in house=Location
2	dress	infinitive	you not said here	her = she				like a queen	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 2

Take her to the baths and then keep her a whole month

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Take	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 baths	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 baths	det
5	baths	bath	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Take	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 keep	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 keep	advmod
8	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 keep	obj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 month	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 month	amod
12	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	her = she		the baths			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to bath=Destination
2	keep	infinitive	you not said here	her = she			then; month		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Keep her a fortnight in the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fortnight	det
4	fortnight	fortnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 house	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	her = she		the house	fortnight		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in house=Location

Option 4

Put her to work in the kitchen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 work	mark
4	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Put	advcl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 kitchen	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kitchen	det
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		her = she				vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal
2	work	to-infinitive	you not said here					in the kitchen	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in kitchen=Theme

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