Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the magician tricks the…

Bro, the princess just gave away the magic lamp for a copper one??

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bro · What happens: give away · To what, where: magic lamp

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 princess	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 princess	det
4	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bro	conj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 gave	advmod
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	away	away	ADP	_	6 gave	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lamp	det
9	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lamp	compound
10	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 one	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 one	det
13	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 one	compound
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obl
15	??	??	PUNCT	_	6 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give away	past	Bro and the princess	the magic lamp				for a copper one	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent lamp=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

She did not know what it was worth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 know	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 know	advmod
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 worth	obj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 worth	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 worth	cop
8	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not know	past · do-support	She						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past	it					worth property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She thought it was worthless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 worthless	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 worthless	cop
5	worthless	worthless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	She						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	it					worthless property	tree rules

Option 3

Nobody told her about the lamp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 lamp	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lamp	det
6	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Nobody		her = she			about the lamp	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient about lamp=Topic

Option 4

The magician had cast a spell on her so she could not see the lamp's true value

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 magician	det
2	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cast	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cast	aux
4	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spell	det
6	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cast	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 spell	nmod
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 see	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 see	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 see	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 see	advmod
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 cast	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 lamp	det
15	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 value	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 lamp	case
17	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 value	amod
18	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cast	past · perfect	the magician	a spell	on her = she	vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spell=Theme on she=Destination
2	not see	could	magician	the lamp's true value		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer value=Stimulus
3	value		the lamp			nom value «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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