Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin Ali and the Fair Persian: Saouy'…
Was the king well dodgy for waiting before the execution?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, wait · To what, where: king, execution
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 210 «Arabian Nights, Noureddin Ali and the Fair Persian: Saouy's plot nearly kills Noureddin, but the vizir arrives in time» 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 king | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dodgy | nsubj |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 dodgy | advmod |
| 5 | dodgy | dodgy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 7 waiting | mark |
| 7 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 dodgy | advcl |
| 8 | before | before | ADP | _ | 10 execution | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 execution | det |
| 10 | execution | execution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 waiting | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 dodgy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the king | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | wait | gerund | the execution | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before execution=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
Yeah, mate, he was waiting for a bunch of riders to show up from Bagdad with news
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 waiting | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Yeah | vocative |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 waiting | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 waiting | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 waiting | aux |
| 7 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 bunch | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bunch | det |
| 10 | bunch | bunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 waiting | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 riders | case |
| 12 | riders | rider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 bunch | nmod |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 show | mark |
| 14 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 waiting | advcl |
| 15 | up | up | ADP | _ | 14 show | compound:prt |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 Bagdad | case |
| 17 | Bagdad | Bagdad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 show | obl |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 news | case |
| 19 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 show | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past · progressive | he | for a bunch of riders | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | show up | to-infinitive | he not said here | Bagdad | with news | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, he wanted to know who the horsemen were before he gave the signal
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 wanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wanted | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 know | mark |
| 6 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wanted | xcomp |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 gave | nsubj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 horsemen | det |
| 9 | horsemen | horseman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 gave | nsubj |
| 10 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 gave | cop |
| 11 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 13 gave | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 gave | nsubj |
| 13 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 know | ccomp |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 signal | det |
| 15 | signal | signal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | know not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | is | past | give property | tree rules |
Option 3
Nah, he was waiting for the messengers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 waiting | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 waiting | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 waiting | aux |
| 5 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 messengers | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 messengers | det |
| 8 | messengers | messenger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 waiting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past · progressive | he | for the messengers | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he wanted to know the horsemen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 wanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wanted | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 know | mark |
| 6 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wanted | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 horsemen | det |
| 8 | horsemen | horseman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 know | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | know not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | the horsemen | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer horseman=Stimulus |
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