Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: t…

wait so the genie carried the bride and groom all the way to Aladdin's room?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, genie · What happens: wait, carry, groom · To what, where: bride, way

This is test 3 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	so	so	ADV	_	5 carried	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 genie	det
4	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	nsubj
5	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bride	det
7	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 groom	cc
9	groom	groom	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 way	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 way	det
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 groom	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 room	case
14	Aladdin	Aladdin	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 room	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Aladdin	case
16	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 groom	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	carry	past	the genie	the bride		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Theme
3	groom	infinitive	you not said here	all way	to Aladdin's room	vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, at midnight, straight from the palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 midnight	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 midnight	punct
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 midnight	case
4	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 palace	punct
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 palace	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 palace	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 palace	det
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 midnight	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Nah, the genie flew them over the whole city on a magic carpet, then dropped them into the middle of the street outside

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 flew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 genie	det
4	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flew	nsubj
5	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 flew	obj
7	over	over	ADP	_	10 city	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 city	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 city	amod
10	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flew	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 carpet	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 carpet	det
13	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 carpet	compound
14	carpet	carpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 city	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 dropped	punct
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 dropped	advmod
17	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 flew	conj
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 dropped	obj
19	into	into	ADP	_	21 middle	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 middle	det
21	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 dropped	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 street	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 street	det
24	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 middle	nmod
25	outside	outside	ADV	_	24 street	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	the genie	them = they		the whole city on a magic carpet			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent they=Theme over city=Location
2	drop	past	the genie not said here	them = they		the middle of the street	then		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into middle=Destination

Option 3

Nah, he carried them over at dawn, bruv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 carried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 carried	nsubj
4	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 carried	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	4 carried	compound:prt
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 dawn	case
8	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bruv	punct
10	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dawn	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry over	past	he	them = they			dawn		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, at midnight, straight from the palace, over the rooftops and through the window of Aladdin's room while everyone was asleep

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 midnight	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 midnight	punct
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 midnight	case
4	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 palace	punct
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 palace	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 palace	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 palace	det
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 midnight	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 rooftops	punct
11	over	over	ADP	_	13 rooftops	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rooftops	det
13	rooftops	rooftop	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 palace	appos
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 window	cc
15	through	through	ADP	_	17 window	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 window	det
17	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rooftops	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 room	case
19	Aladdin	Aladdin	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 room	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 Aladdin	case
21	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 window	nmod
22	while	while	SCONJ	_	25 asleep	mark
23	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	25 asleep	nsubj
24	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 asleep	cop
25	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 palace	advcl

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

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