Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: the blind man's curse…

no cap, did the caliph know who he was talking to at first?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cap, caliph · What happens: do, know, talk · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 cap	det
2	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 cap	punct
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 caliph	det
6	caliph	caliph	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 know	nsubj
7	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 talking	obl
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 talking	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 talking	aux
11	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 know	ccomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	11 talking	fixed
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 first	case
14	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 talking	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	do	past	no cap	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	know	present	the caliph	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	talk	past · progressive	caliph	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

no, he was not told

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 no	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 told	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 told	aux:pass
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 told	advmod
6	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	past · passive		he					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

yes, he saw his face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 saw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saw	nsubj
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 face	nmod:poss
6	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	he	his face					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

no, he hid his identity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 hid	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hid	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hid	nsubj
4	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 identity	nmod:poss
6	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	he	his identity					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Patient

Option 4

no, he was rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 rude	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 no	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rude	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rude	cop
5	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					rude property	tree rules

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