Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: the blind man's curse…

lol the dervish ditched him, so how did the dude get cash after?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dervish · What happens: ditch, do, get after · To what, where: him, dude, cash

This is test 2 · ★ 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 ditched	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dervish	det
3	dervish	dervish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ditched	nsubj
4	ditched	ditch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ditched	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 did	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 did	advmod
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 did	advmod
9	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 get	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dude	det
11	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 did	obj
12	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ditched	ccomp
13	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obj
14	after	after	ADP	_	12 get	compound:prt
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 ditched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ditch	past	the dervish	him = he	tree rules
2	do	past		the dude	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dude=Eventuality
3	get after	present	the dervish not said here	cash	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cash=Stimulus

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

he was rescued by merchants who took him back to Bagdad

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 rescued	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rescued	aux:pass
3	rescued	rescue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 merchants	case
5	merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rescued	obl
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 took	nsubj
7	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 merchants	acl:relcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 took	obj
9	back	back	ADV	_	7 took	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Bagdad	case
11	Bagdad	Bagdad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue	past · passive	merchants	he					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	take back	past	merchants	him = he	Bagdad				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to bagdad=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

he went to the Caliph's court and asked the guards for coins

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 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	7 court	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Caliph	det
5	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 court	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Caliph	case
7	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 asked	cc
9	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 guards	det
11	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 asked	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 coins	case
13	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	he			the Caliph's court			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to court=Initial_Location
2	ask speech: ask	past	he not said here	the guards				for coins	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient

Option 3

a merchant gave him gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 merchant	det
2	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gave	iobj
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	a merchant	gold	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gold=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

begged for coins off people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	begged	beg	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 coins	case
3	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 begged	obl
4	off	off	ADP	_	5 people	case
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 begged	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	participle						for coins	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for coin=Topic

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