Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 48: N…
wait, how did they dodge the king's guys?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, they · What happens: wait, dodge · To what, where: guys
This is test 3 · ★ 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 dodge | punct |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 dodge | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 dodge | aux |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 dodge | nsubj |
| 6 | dodge | dodge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 wait | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 guys | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 king | case |
| 10 | guys | guy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 dodge | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | 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 | dodge | past · do-support | they | the king's guys | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent guy=Location |
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
Sangiar tipped them off and they bounced on a ship
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sangiar | Sangiar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 tipped | nsubj |
| 2 | tipped | tip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 tipped | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 tipped | compound:prt |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 bounced | cc |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 bounced | nsubj |
| 7 | bounced | bounce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 tipped | conj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 ship | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 ship | det |
| 10 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bounced | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tip off | past | Sangiar | them = they | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 2 | bounce | past | they | a ship | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ship=Trajectory |
Option 2
they bribed a guard and walked out the front gate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 bribed | nsubj |
| 2 | bribed | bribe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 guard | det |
| 4 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bribed | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 walked | cc |
| 6 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 bribed | conj |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 walked | compound:prt |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 gate | det |
| 9 | front | front | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 gate | amod |
| 10 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 walked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bribe | past | they | a guard | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient | ||||
| 2 | walk out | past | they not said here | the front gate | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Attribute |
Option 3
the old doorkeeper hid them in a cupboard till night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 doorkeeper | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 doorkeeper | amod |
| 3 | doorkeeper | doorkeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hid | nsubj |
| 4 | hid | hide | 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 hid | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 cupboard | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cupboard | det |
| 8 | cupboard | cupboard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hid | obl |
| 9 | till | till | ADP | _ | 10 night | case |
| 10 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | the old doorkeeper | them = they | a cupboard | night | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Patient in cupboard=Location |
Option 4
the king's guys got lost in the market and the couple bought a boat from a fisherman in the afternoon
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 guys | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 king | case |
| 4 | guys | guy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 lost | aux:pass |
| 6 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 market | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 market | det |
| 9 | market | market | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lost | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 bought | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 couple | det |
| 12 | couple | couple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bought | nsubj |
| 13 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 lost | conj |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 boat | det |
| 15 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bought | obj |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 fisherman | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 fisherman | det |
| 18 | fisherman | fisherman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bought | obl |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 afternoon | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 afternoon | det |
| 21 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past · passive | the king's guys | the market | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | buy | past | the couple | a boat | a fisherman | afternoon | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent boat=Theme from fisherman=Source |
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