Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: t…

what was actually in the napkin mum took to the Sultan?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 7 · ★ 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 took	obj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 took	cop
3	actually	actually	ADV	_	8 took	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 mum	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mum	det
6	napkin	napkin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mum	compound
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 took	obl
8	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 Sultan	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Sultan	det
11	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 took	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past						in the napkin mum; to the Sultan; actually, take property	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

Nothing but a few plain figs, which the mother had bought in town and tied up in the napkin with a bit of string

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 figs	cc
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 figs	det
4	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 figs	amod
5	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 figs	amod
6	figs	fig	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Nothing	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bought	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 bought	nsubj:pass
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mother	det
10	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bought	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 bought	aux
12	bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Nothing	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 town	case
14	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bought	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 tied	cc
16	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 bought	conj
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 tied	compound:prt
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 napkin	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 napkin	det
20	napkin	napkin	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tied	obl
21	with	with	ADP	_	23 bit	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 bit	det
23	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 napkin	nmod
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 string	case
25	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 bit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past · perfect · passive				town			vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	tie up	participle				the napkin with a bit of string			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Magic fruits that sparkled like jewels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fruits	compound
2	fruits	fruit	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 sparkled	nsubj
4	sparkled	sparkle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fruits	acl:relcl
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 jewels	case
6	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sparkled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sparkle	past	Magic fruits					like jewels	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Dried figs from the palace garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dried	dried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 figs	amod
2	figs	fig	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 garden	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 garden	det
5	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 garden	compound
6	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 figs	nmod

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

Option 4

Silver coins that looked like jewels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 coins	compound
2	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 looked	nsubj
4	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 coins	acl:relcl
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 jewels	case
6	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 looked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	Silver coins					like jewels	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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