Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin Ali and the Fair Persian: Saouy'…

Why'd the Caliph suddenly remember the patent?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Caliph · What happens: remember · To what, where: patent

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 remember	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 remember	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Caliph	det
4	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 remember	nsubj
5	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	6 remember	advmod
6	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 patent	det
8	patent	patent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 remember	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 remember	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	would	the Caliph	the patent				suddenly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent patent=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 · ← Mova's choice

A servant told him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	a servant		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 2

Someone whispered it in his ear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 whispered	nsubj
2	whispered	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 whispered	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 ear	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 ear	nmod:poss
6	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 whispered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	past	Someone	it		his ear			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He heard the fair Persian wailing

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 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wailing	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wailing	amod
5	Persian	persian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wailing	amod
6	wailing	wailing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	He	the fair Persian wailing					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer wailing=Stimulus

Option 4

The vizir told him on the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vizir	det
2	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	iobj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 road	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 road	det
7	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the vizir		him = he	the road			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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