Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin and the Fair Persian, part 49: t…

so the old man threw a cup, and then what?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old man · What happens: throw · To what, where: cup

This is test 8 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	5 threw	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 threw	nsubj
5	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cup	det
7	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 threw	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 what	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 what	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 what	advmod
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 threw	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 threw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	the old man	a cup					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Theme

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

he laughed

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	2 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	he						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

called for his guards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 guards	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 guards	nmod:poss
4	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 called	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle						for his guards	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for guard=Recipient

Option 3

he sat down

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	2 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 sat	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit down	past	he						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

went to grab a stick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 grab	mark
3	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 went	xcomp
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stick	det
5	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grab	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past							vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	grab	to-infinitive		a stick					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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