Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 48: N…

so the Caliph's guards just let them sleep there, fam?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: guards, them · What happens: let, sleep · To what, where: them, fam

This is test 8 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	7 let	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Caliph	det
3	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 guards	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Caliph	case
5	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 let	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 let	advmod
7	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 let	obj
9	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 let	xcomp
10	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 sleep	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fam	punct
12	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sleep	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	infinitive	the Caliph's guards	them = they					tree rules
2	sleep	infinitive	them = they not said here	fam		there			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

yeah, they just slept

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 slept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 slept	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 slept	advmod
5	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	they						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

nope, the guards were asleep so they walked in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	6 asleep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 guards	det
4	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 asleep	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 asleep	cop
6	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 walked	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 walked	nsubj
9	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 asleep	advcl
10	in	in	ADV	_	9 walked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the guards					asleep property	tree rules
2	walk in	past	guards = guard						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

nope, the old guy let them in, no cap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	6 let	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 guy	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 guy	amod
5	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	nsubj
6	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 let	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	6 let	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cap	punct
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 cap	det
11	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let in	infinitive	the old guy	them = they				no cap obl	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

nope, they broke in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 broke	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 broke	nsubj
4	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	4 broke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break in	past	they						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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