Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 49: t…

lol, how'd the Caliph get the fish to the table, what's his move?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Caliph, fish · What happens: get, be · To what, where: fish, move

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 209 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 49: the Caliph disguised as a fisherman» 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	7 get	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 get	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Caliph	det
6	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 get	nsubj
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fish	det
9	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 table	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 table	det
12	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fish	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 move	punct
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 move	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 move	cop
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 move	nmod:poss
17	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fish	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the Caliph	the fish and Caliph's move				to the table	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fish=Stimulus
2	is a	present	the fish and Caliph's move	Caliph's move					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 · ✓ the right answer

brought two big fish, said he's a fisherman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 fish	nummod
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fish	amod
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 brought	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 brought	parataxis
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fisherman	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fisherman	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fisherman	det
10	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	bring	past			two big fish	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument fish=Destination
2	say speech: assert	past				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	fish	a fisherman		tree rules

Option 2

brought two big fish from the lake, said he's a fisherman by trade

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 fish	nummod
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fish	amod
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 brought	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 lake	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lake	det
7	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 brought	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 brought	conj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fisherman	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 fisherman	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 fisherman	det
13	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	ccomp
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 trade	case
15	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fisherman	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	bring	past		two big fish	the lake		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent fish=Theme from lake=Initial_Location
2	say speech: assert	past					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	fish	a fisherman		by trade	tree rules

Option 3

walked into the kitchen with a basket of fish and claimed he was the cook's cousin

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	4 kitchen	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kitchen	det
4	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 walked	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 basket	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 basket	det
7	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 walked	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 fish	case
9	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 basket	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 claimed	cc
11	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 walked	conj
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 cousin	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 cousin	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cook	det
15	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cousin	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 cook	case
17	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 claimed	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	walk	past			into the kitchen result; with a basket of fish	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into kitchen=Result
2	claim speech: other	past				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	fish	the cook's cousin		tree rules

Option 4

hid the fish under his cloak quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fish	det
3	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 hid	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 cloak	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cloak	nmod:poss
6	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 hid	obl
7	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	1 hid	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past		the fish		fish's cloak		quietly property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fish=Patient under cloak=Location

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