Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 48: N…

why did the old man get so greedy, like, what was his deal?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old man · What happens: be · To what, where: deal

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 208 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 48: Noureddin flees to Bagdad, and an old doorkeeper is tempted into drinking wine in the Caliph's pavilion» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 greedy	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 greedy	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 greedy	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 greedy	cop
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 greedy	advmod
8	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 like	punct
10	like	like	INTJ	_	8 greedy	discourse
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 deal	punct
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 deal	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 deal	cop
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 deal	nmod:poss
15	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 greedy	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 greedy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past · do-support	the old man					greedy property	tree rules
2	is a	past		man's deal					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

he was just old

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	just	just	ADV	_	4 old	advmod
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					old property	tree rules

Option 2

he was lonely and wanted company

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 lonely	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lonely	cop
3	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wanted	cc
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lonely	conj
6	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					lonely property	tree rules
2	want	past	he not said here	company					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot company=Theme

Option 3

he was a poor man who needed the gold badly

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	5 man	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 man	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 needed	nsubj
7	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 man	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gold	det
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 needed	obj
10	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 needed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a poor man					tree rules
2	need	past	a poor man	the gold				badly property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he was super avaricious, always wanting more money

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 avaricious	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 avaricious	cop
3	super	super	ADV	_	4 avaricious	advmod
4	avaricious	avaricious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wanting	punct
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 wanting	advmod
7	wanting	want	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 avaricious	advcl
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 money	amod
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wanting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					avaricious, super property	tree rules
2	want	gerund	he not said here	more money				always property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme

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