Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and h…

Mate, did the Sultan really order Aladdin's head chopped off?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sultan, head · What happens: order, chop off

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 213 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and his palace flies home» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 order	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 order	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Sultan	det
5	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 order	nsubj
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 order	advmod
7	order	order	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	Aladdin	Aladdin	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 head	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Aladdin	case
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 chopped	nsubj
11	chopped	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 order	advcl
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 chopped	compound:prt
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 order	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past · do-support	the Sultan					Mate vocative	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	chop off	past	Aladdin's head						vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

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 told the executioner to cut it off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 executioner	det
6	executioner	executioner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 cut	mark
8	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	xcomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cut	obj
10	off	off	ADP	_	8 cut	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	he	the executioner					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent executioner=Recipient clause=Topic
2	cut off not said to happen	to-infinitive	the executioner not said here	executioner					vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector it=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

nah, he wanted him to pay a fine instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 pay	mark
7	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wanted	xcomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fine	det
9	fine	fine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pay	obj
10	instead	instead	ADV	_	7 pay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	him = he					tree rules
2	pay not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here	a fine				instead property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fine=Asset

Option 3

yeah, the executioner had already blindfolded him and raised the sword over his neck

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 blindfolded	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 blindfolded	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 executioner	det
4	executioner	executioner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blindfolded	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 blindfolded	aux
6	already	already	ADV	_	7 blindfolded	advmod
7	blindfolded	blindfold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 blindfolded	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 raised	cc
10	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 blindfolded	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sword	det
12	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 raised	obj
13	over	over	ADP	_	15 neck	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 neck	nmod:poss
15	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 raised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blindfold	past · perfect · passive		the executioner					tree rules
2	raise	past		the sword		his neck			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sword=Theme over neck=Destination

Option 4

nah, he just sent him off to the desert

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 sent	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sent	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 sent	advmod
5	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sent	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	5 sent	compound:prt
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 desert	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 desert	det
10	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send off	past	he	him = he		the desert			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to desert=Destination

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