Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and h…

Why'd Aladdin rub the ring by the river, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Aladdin · What happens: rub, innit · To what, where: ring

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 rub	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 rub	aux
3	Aladdin	Aladdin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 rub	nsubj
4	rub	rub	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ring	det
6	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rub	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rub	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 innit	punct
11	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 rub	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 rub	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	would	Aladdin	the ring				by the river	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ring=Theme by river=Destination
2	innit	infinitive	Aladdin not said here						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 · ✓ the right answer

he was about to jump in and wanted help

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 about	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 about	cop
3	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 jump	mark
5	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 about	xcomp
6	in	in	ADV	_	5 jump	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wanted	cc
8	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 about	conj
9	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	he		about property	tree rules
2	jump in	to-infinitive	he not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	want	past	he not said here	help		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme

Option 2

he was hungry and wanted some food

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 hungry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	cop
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wanted	cc
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	conj
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 food	det
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					hungry property	tree rules
2	want	past	he not said here	some food					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme

Option 3

he was lonely and wanted a friend

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 lonely	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lonely	cop
3	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wanted	cc
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lonely	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 friend	det
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					lonely property	tree rules
2	want	past	he not said here	a friend					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot friend=Theme

Option 4

he had found the ring on the bank and was testing whether the genie would answer his call

The tree, 18 words

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 found	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 found	aux
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ring	det
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 bank	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bank	det
8	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 testing	cc
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 testing	aux
11	testing	test	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 found	conj
12	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	16 answer	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 genie	det
14	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 answer	nsubj
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 answer	aux
16	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 testing	ccomp
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 call	nmod:poss
18	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 answer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	find	past · perfect	he	the ring	the bank	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Topic
2	test	past · progressive	he not said here			tree rules
3	answer speech: assert	would	the genie	genie's call		vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent call=Eventuality
4	call		genie			nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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