Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: the blind man's curse…

ok so like, what made the blind dude go totally blind?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: blind dude · What happens: make, go · To what, where: blind dude

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 216 «Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: the blind man's curse ends, and the Caliph questions the cruel young man» 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	ok	ok	INTJ	_	6 made	discourse
2	so	so	ADV	_	6 made	advmod
3	like	like	INTJ	_	6 made	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 like	punct
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 made	nsubj
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dude	det
8	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dude	amod
9	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obj
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 made	xcomp
11	totally	totally	ADV	_	12 blind	advmod
12	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 go	xcomp
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past		the blind dude					tree rules
2	go	infinitive	the blind dude not said here					blind property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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

being robbed by merchants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 robbed	aux:pass
2	robbed	rob	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 merchants	case
4	merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 robbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rob	gerund · passive	merchants						vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

touching his right eye with the ointment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	touching	touch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eye	nmod:poss
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 eye	amod
4	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 touching	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 ointment	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ointment	det
7	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 touching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	gerund		his right eye				with the ointment	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent eye=Experiencer with ointment=Instrument

Option 3

rubbing his eyes with the dust of the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	rubbing	rub	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 eyes	nmod:poss
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 rubbing	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 dust	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dust	det
6	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 rubbing	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 road	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dust	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	gerund		his eyes				with the dust of the road	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Destination with dust=Theme

Option 4

the dervish's curse on his eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dervish	det
2	dervish	dervish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 curse	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 dervish	case
4	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 eyes	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eyes	nmod:poss
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 curse	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse		the dervish			his eyes			nom curse «communication transitive»: poss=agent on=place

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