Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, part 51: t…

ngl Aladdin was dead calm with the princess that night, wasn't he?

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

This is test 9 · ★ 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 calm	nsubj
2	Aladdin	Aladdin	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 ngl	flat
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 calm	cop
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 calm	amod
5	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 princess	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 princess	det
8	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 calm	obl
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 night	det
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 princess	nmod:unmarked
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 calm	punct
12	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 calm	parataxis
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 he	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 was	nsubj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 calm	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	ngl					with the princess that night; calm property	tree rules
2	be	past	ngl						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he lay down and slept like a log

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 lay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lay	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lay	nsubj
4	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	down	down	ADV	_	4 lay	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 slept	cc
7	slept	sleep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 lay	conj
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 log	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 log	det
10	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie down	past	he					down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sleep	participle	he not said here					like a log	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Nah, he was shaking the whole night and kept apologising to her, begging her not to tell the Sultan anything about it

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 shaking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shaking	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 shaking	aux
5	shaking	shake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 night	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 night	amod
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shaking	obl:unmarked
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 kept	cc
10	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 shaking	conj
11	apologising	apologise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 kept	xcomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 apologising	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 begging	punct
15	begging	beg	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 shaking	conj
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 begging	obj
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 tell	advmod
18	to	to	PART	_	19 tell	mark
19	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 begging	advcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 anything	det
21	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 anything	compound
22	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	19 tell	obj
23	about	about	ADP	_	24 it	case
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 anything	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	shake	past · progressive	he			night		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
2	keep	past	he not said here					tree rules
3	apologise speech: apologize	gerund	he not said here		her = she			tree rules
4	beg speech: request	gerund	he not said here		her = she			vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
5	not tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	he not said here	anything			about it	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent anything=Recipient about it=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he lay down and slept like a log, while she lay awake the whole night long without moving a muscle

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 lay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lay	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lay	nsubj
4	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	down	down	ADV	_	4 lay	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 slept	cc
7	slept	sleep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 lay	conj
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 log	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 log	det
10	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slept	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lay	punct
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	14 lay	mark
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 lay	nsubj
14	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lay	advcl
15	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lay	xcomp
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 night	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 night	amod
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lay	obl:unmarked
19	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 lay	advmod
20	without	without	SCONJ	_	21 moving	mark
21	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 lay	advcl
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 muscle	det
23	muscle	muscle	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 moving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	lie down	past	he			down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sleep	participle	he not said here			like a log	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	lie	past	she		night	awake, long property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	move	gerund	she not said here	a muscle			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent muscle=Theme

Option 4

Nah, he was scared and stayed awake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	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	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stayed	cc
7	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 scared	conj
8	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stayed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					scared property	tree rules
2	stay	past	he not said here					awake property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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