Test 4 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: t…

how did Aladdin even see the princess, like proper?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Aladdin · What happens: see · To what, where: princess

This is test 4 · ★ 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 see	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
3	Aladdin	Aladdin	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 see	nsubj
4	even	even	ADV	_	5 see	advmod
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 proper	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 proper	case
10	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 see	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past · do-support	Aladdin	the princess					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus

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

Through a chink in the door of the bath, while she was getting ready with all her maids around her in the warm steam

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 chink	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 chink	det
3	chink	chink	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 door	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chink	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 bath	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bath	det
9	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 door	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 getting	punct
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	14 getting	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 getting	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 getting	aux
14	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 chink	parataxis
15	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 getting	xcomp
16	with	with	ADP	_	19 maids	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 maids	det:predet
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 maids	nmod:poss
19	maids	maid	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 ready	obl
20	around	around	ADP	_	21 her	case
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 getting	obl
22	in	in	ADP	_	25 steam	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 steam	det
24	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 steam	amod
25	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 getting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · progressive	she			the warm steam		around her = she; ready property	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme around she=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Through a chink in the door of the bath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 chink	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 chink	det
3	chink	chink	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 door	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chink	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 bath	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bath	det
9	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 door	nmod

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Spotted at the market by the fountain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spotted	spot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 market	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 market	det
4	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Spotted	obl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 fountain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fountain	det
7	fountain	fountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Spotted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	participle				the market		by the fountain	vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

Option 4

Standing in the street outside the palace when she came out in a golden carriage with all her guards and servants

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 came	advcl
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 street	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 street	det
4	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Standing	obl
5	outside	outside	ADP	_	7 palace	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 palace	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 street	nmod
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 came	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 came	nsubj
10	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	out	out	ADV	_	10 came	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 carriage	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 carriage	det
14	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 carriage	amod
15	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 came	obl
16	with	with	ADP	_	19 guards	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 guards	det:predet
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 guards	nmod:poss
19	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 carriage	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 servants	cc
21	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 guards	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund	she not said here			the street outside the palace			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in street=Location
2	come out	past	she			a golden carriage with her guards and servants		out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

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