Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: t…

bruv, why did the Sultan not let the mum back in for like ages?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: not let back · To what, where: bruv, ages

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 211 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: the lamp brings the bride and groom to Aladdin's room» 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	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 let	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 let	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 let	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sultan	det
6	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 let	advmod
8	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mum	det
10	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 let	obj
11	back	back	ADV	_	8 let	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 ages	case
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 ages	case
14	like	like	ADP	_	15 ages	case
15	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 let	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not let back	past · do-support		bruv			in ages		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=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

Cos the vizir had whispered to the Sultan that the mum was a spy, and he wanted his son to marry the princess instead, innit

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 vizir	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 vizir	det
3	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whispered	obl
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 whispered	aux
5	whispered	whisper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Sultan	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sultan	det
8	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 whispered	obl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 spy	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mum	det
11	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 spy	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 spy	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 spy	det
14	spy	spy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whispered	advcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 wanted	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 wanted	cc
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 wanted	nsubj
18	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 whispered	parataxis
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 son	nmod:poss
20	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 wanted	obj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 marry	mark
22	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 wanted	xcomp
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 princess	det
24	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 marry	obj
25	instead	instead	ADV	_	22 marry	advmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 innit	punct
27	innit	innit	INTJ	_	5 whispered	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	past · perfect			the Sultan	cos the vizir	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to sultan=Recipient
2	is a	past	the mum	a spy			tree rules
3	want	past	he	his son			tree rules
4	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	his son not said here	the princess		instead property	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Cos the vizir wanted his son to get the princess, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 wanted	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 vizir	det
3	vizir	vizir	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 son	nmod:poss
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 get	mark
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wanted	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
12	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 princess	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the vizir	vizir's son					tree rules
2	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	vizir's son not said here	the princess and innit					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Cos the Sultan was scared of her cooking, mate, and stuff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 scared	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Sultan	det
3	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 scared	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 scared	cop
5	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 cooking	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cooking	nmod:poss
8	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scared	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cooking	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stuff	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 stuff	cc
13	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cooking	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Sultan					of her cooking and mate and stuff; scared property	tree rules
2	cook		her = she						nom cooking «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Cos she kept asking for her son back every single morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 kept	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 kept	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 son	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 son	nmod:poss
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asking	obl
8	back	back	ADV	_	3 kept	advmod
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 morning	det
10	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 morning	amod
11	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	she				morning		tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	she not said here					for her son	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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