Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the magician tricks the…

Okay so the magician is literally shouting "new lamps for old" like a total muppet, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: magician · What happens: shout · To what, where: new lamps

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 212 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the magician tricks the princess into giving up the lamp, and the palace vanishes to Africa» 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	Okay	okay	INTJ	_	7 shouting	discourse
2	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 shouting	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 magician	det
4	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shouting	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 shouting	aux
6	literally	literally	ADV	_	7 shouting	advmod
7	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 lamps	punct
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 lamps	amod
10	lamps	lamp	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 shouting	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	17 muppet	case
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 muppet	amod
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 muppet	punct
14	like	like	ADP	_	17 muppet	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 muppet	det
16	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 muppet	amod
17	muppet	muppet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shouting	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 shouting	punct
19	right	right	INTJ	_	7 shouting	discourse
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 shouting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present · progressive	the magician	new lamps				for a old total muppet; literally property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for muppet=Recipient

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

He was trying to sell cheap lamps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 trying	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 trying	aux
3	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sell	mark
5	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trying	xcomp
6	cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lamps	amod
7	lamps	lamp	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past · progressive	He						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	sell not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	cheap lamps					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme

Option 2

He was tricking people into swapping lamps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tricking	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tricking	aux
3	tricking	trick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tricking	obj
5	into	into	SCONJ	_	6 swapping	mark
6	swapping	swap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 tricking	advcl
7	lamps	lamp	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 swapping	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past · progressive	He	people					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient
2	swap	gerund	He not said here	lamps					vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was tricking people into swapping the magic lamp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tricking	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tricking	aux
3	tricking	trick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tricking	obj
5	into	into	SCONJ	_	6 swapping	mark
6	swapping	swap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 tricking	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lamp	det
8	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lamp	compound
9	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swapping	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past · progressive	He	people					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient
2	swap	gerund	He not said here	the magic lamp					vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme

Option 4

He was swapping lamps for coins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 swapping	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 swapping	aux
3	swapping	swap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	lamps	lamp	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 swapping	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 coins	case
6	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 swapping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swap	past · progressive	He	lamps				for coins	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme for coin=Co-Theme

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