Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Treasure, part 55: the…

Bruv, why'd the narrator run back after the dervish?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrator · What happens: run back

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 215 «Arabian Nights, The Dervish and the Treasure, part 55: the greedy narrator takes more camels and begs for the magic ointment» 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 run	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 run	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	7 run	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrator	det
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 run	nsubj
7	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 run	advmod
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 dervish	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dervish	det
11	dervish	dervish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 run	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 run	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run back	infinitive	the narrator				after the dervish	Bruv vocative	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

He ran back because the envy in him grew so strong that he could not resist asking for everything

The tree, 19 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	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 grew	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 envy	det
6	envy	envy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grew	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 envy	nmod
9	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ran	advcl
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 strong	advmod
11	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 grew	xcomp
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 resist	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 resist	nsubj
14	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 resist	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 resist	advmod
16	resist	resist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 strong	advcl
17	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 resist	xcomp
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 everything	case
19	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	17 asking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	run back	past	He		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grow	past	the envy in him	strong property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not resist	could	envy		tree rules
4	ask speech: ask	gerund	envy not said here	for everything	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Cos the dervish had offered him the whole palace and he wanted to take more of it all

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 offered	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dervish	det
3	dervish	dervish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 offered	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 offered	aux
5	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 offered	iobj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 palace	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 palace	amod
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 offered	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wanted	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wanted	nsubj
12	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 offered	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 take	mark
14	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 wanted	xcomp
15	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 it	amod
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 take	obl
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 it	det

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	offer	past · perfect · passive		the dervish	him = he		tree rules
2	want	past	he				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here			of dervish	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of it=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He got the envy and wanted more camels

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	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 envy	det
4	envy	envy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wanted	cc
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 camels	amod
8	camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	He	the envy					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer envy=Stimulus
2	want	past	He not said here	more camels					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot camel=Theme

Option 4

He wanted more of the dervish's stuff

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	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 wanted	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 stuff	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dervish	det
6	dervish	dervish	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stuff	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 dervish	case
8	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 more	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	more					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot more=Theme

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