Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 48: N…

was Scheih Ibrahim being sneaky with the gold?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Scheih Ibrahim · What happens: be · To what, where: Scheih Ibrahim

This is test 7 · ★ 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	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 Ibrahim	cop
2	Scheih	Scheih	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Ibrahim	compound
3	Ibrahim	Ibrahim	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sneaky	nsubj
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 sneaky	cop
5	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 gold	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gold	det
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sneaky	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 sneaky	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		Scheih Ibrahim					tree rules
2	is	gerund	Scheih Ibrahim					with the gold; sneaky property	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

nope, he gave every coin back to Noureddin, then went to buy wine with the money the Caliph had given him

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 coin	det
6	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	4 gave	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 Noureddin	case
9	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 went	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 went	advmod
12	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gave	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 buy	mark
14	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 went	xcomp
15	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 buy	obj
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 money	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 money	det
18	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 buy	obl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Caliph	det
20	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 given	nsubj:pass
21	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 given	aux
22	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 money	advcl
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 given	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	give back	past	he	every coin	Noureddin			vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent coin=Theme to noureddin=Recipient
2	go	past	he not said here			then		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	buy	to-infinitive	he not said here	wine			with the money	vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Theme
4	give	past · perfect · passive		the Caliph	Noureddin			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yep, he kept most of it for himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 kept	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 most	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 himself	case
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he	most of it				for himself = he	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Theme

Option 3

nope, he shared it with the Persian and Noureddin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 shared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shared	nsubj
4	shared	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shared	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 Persian	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Persian	det
8	Persian	Persian	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 shared	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Noureddin	cc
10	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Persian	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	past	he	it				with the Persian and Noureddin	tree rules

Option 4

yep, he kept most of it for himself and lied to Noureddin about the price of the wine

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 kept	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 most	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 himself	case
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 kept	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 lied	cc
11	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 Noureddin	case
13	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 lied	obl
14	about	about	ADP	_	16 price	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 price	det
16	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lied	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 wine	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 wine	det
19	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 price	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he	most of it				for himself = he	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Theme
2	lie	past	he not said here		Noureddin			about the price of the wine	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about price=Location

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