Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Noureddin Ali and the Fair Persian: Saouy'…

Was Aladdin a proper hard worker, or what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 7 · ★ 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	9 what	cop
2	Aladdin	Aladdin	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Was	nsubj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 worker	det
4	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 worker	amod
5	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 worker	amod
6	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Was	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 what	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 what	cc
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past							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

Nah, he was lazy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 lazy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lazy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lazy	cop
5	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					lazy property	tree rules

Option 2

Nah, he just messed about with friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 messed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 messed	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 messed	advmod
5	messed	mess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	about	about	ADV	_	5 messed	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 friends	case
8	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 messed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mess about	past	he					with friends; about property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he played out all day with his mates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 played	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 played	nsubj
4	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADV	_	4 played	advmod
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 played	obl:unmarked
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 mates	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mates	nmod:poss
10	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 played	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play out	past	he				day	with his mates; out property	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with mate=Theme

Option 4

Yep, he worked every day at his dad's

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 worked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 worked	nsubj
4	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worked	obl:unmarked
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 dad	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dad	nmod:poss
9	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worked	obl
10	's	's	PART	_	9 dad	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	past	he				day	at his dad	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at dad=Theme

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