Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 53: Aladdin is spared, and h…

The princess slipped the powder in the magician's cup, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess · What happens: slip · To what, where: powder, cup

This is test 6 · ★ 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 princess	det
2	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slipped	nsubj
3	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 powder	det
5	powder	powder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slipped	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 cup	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 magician	det
8	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cup	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 magician	case
10	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slipped	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 yeah	punct
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 slipped	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 slipped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	past	the princess	the powder		the magician's cup			vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent powder=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 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, she dropped it in the bowl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 dropped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dropped	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	nsubj
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 bowl	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bowl	det
8	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	she	it		the bowl			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bowl=Destination

Option 2

nah, she gave the magician a cup and then threw the powder at the guards

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 magician	det
6	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cup	det
8	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 threw	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 threw	advmod
11	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gave	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 powder	det
13	powder	powder	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 threw	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 guards	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 guards	det
16	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	she	the magician					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent magician=Recipient cup=Theme
2	throw	past	she not said here	the powder		the guards	then		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent powder=Theme at guard=Destination

Option 3

nah, she poured it in the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 poured	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 poured	nsubj
4	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 poured	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 fire	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fire	det
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	past	she	it		the fire			vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, she put it in her own cup

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 put	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 put	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 put	nsubj
4	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 put	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 cup	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 cup	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cup	amod
9	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	she	it		her own cup			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in cup=Destination

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