Test 4 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and h…
Did the genie fix the whole palace thing for him?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: genie · What happens: fix · To what, where: whole palace thing
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 fix | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 genie | det |
| 3 | genie | genie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fix | nsubj |
| 4 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 thing | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 thing | amod |
| 7 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 thing | compound |
| 8 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fix | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 him | case |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 thing | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 fix | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | past · do-support | the genie | the whole palace thing | for him = he | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent thing=Product for he=Beneficiary |
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
nah, he said only the lamp could help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 lamp | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lamp | det |
| 7 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 help | nsubj |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 help | aux |
| 9 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | help | could | the lamp | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
nah, he said only the lamp slave could
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 slave | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 slave | det |
| 7 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 slave | compound |
| 8 | slave | slave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 could | nsubj |
| 9 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
yeah, he fixed the whole palace and also gave him a fortune in gold and jewels
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 fixed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 fixed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fixed | nsubj |
| 4 | fixed | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 palace | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 palace | amod |
| 7 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fixed | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 gave | cc |
| 9 | also | also | ADV | _ | 10 gave | advmod |
| 10 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 fixed | conj |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 gave | iobj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 fortune | det |
| 13 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gave | obj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 gold | case |
| 15 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gave | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 jewels | cc |
| 17 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 gold | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | past | he | the whole palace | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent palace=Patient | ||||
| 2 | give | past | he not said here | a fortune | him = he | gold and jewels | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient fortune=Theme |
Option 4
nah, he said he could do nothing at all because the lamp had already been taken by the magician
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 do | nsubj |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | aux |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | ccomp |
| 8 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 do | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 do | obl |
| 11 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 17 taken | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 lamp | det |
| 13 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 taken | aux |
| 15 | already | already | ADV | _ | 17 taken | advmod |
| 16 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 taken | aux:pass |
| 17 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 said | ccomp |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 magician | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 magician | det |
| 20 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 taken | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do | could | he | nothing | all | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | take | past · perfect · passive | the magician | the lamp | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
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