Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Fair Persian, part 46: Khacan buys a s…

Ngl, how did Noureddin react the second he saw her?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ngl, Noureddin · What happens: react, see · To what, where: Ngl

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 react	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 react	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 react	aux
5	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 react	nsubj
6	react	react	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 second	det
8	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 react	obj
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 saw	nsubj
10	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 second	acl:relcl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 saw	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 react	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	react	past · do-support	Ngl				second		vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	see	past	Noureddin	Ngl					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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He was totally charmed

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 charmed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 charmed	aux:pass
3	totally	totally	ADV	_	4 charmed	advmod
4	charmed	charm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charm	past · passive		He				totally property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 2

He went straight to his mum and begged for her

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	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 mum	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 mum	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mum	nmod:poss
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 begged	cc
8	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 begged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	He					to his mum	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to mum=Initial_Location
2	beg speech: request	past	He not said here					for her = she	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for she=Topic

Option 3

He was so hyped he ran off to tell the whole house

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 hyped	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hyped	aux:pass
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 hyped	advmod
4	hyped	hype	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 ran	advcl
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ran	nsubj
6	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 ran	compound:prt
8	to	to	PART	_	9 tell	mark
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 ran	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 house	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 house	amod
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hype	past · passive		He	tree rules
2	run off	past	he		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	he not said here	the whole house	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent house=Recipient

Option 4

He got really jealous

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	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 jealous	advmod
4	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	He					jealous property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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