Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: the blind man's curse…

so the caliph said don't think of him as the caliph, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: caliph · What happens: say, not think · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 said	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 caliph	det
3	caliph	caliph	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 think	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 think	advmod
7	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 think	obl
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 caliph	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 caliph	det
12	caliph	caliph	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 think	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 think	punct
14	right	right	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the caliph						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not think speech: other	infinitive · do-support						of caliph; as the caliph	vn focus-87.1-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice

nope, he wanted Sidi-Nouman to treat him as the caliph and bow every time

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Sidi	Sidi	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 Nouman	punct
7	Nouman	Nouman	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Sidi	flat
8	to	to	PART	_	9 treat	mark
9	treat	treat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wanted	xcomp
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 treat	obj
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 caliph	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 caliph	det
13	caliph	caliph	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 treat	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 bow	cc
15	bow	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	4 wanted	conj
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 time	det
17	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	Sidi			tree rules
2	treat not said to happen	to-infinitive	Sidi not said here	Sidi		as the caliph	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme as caliph=Attribute
3	bow	present	he not said here		time		vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

yep, but he also wanted to test whether Sidi-Nouman would lie

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	6 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wanted	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 wanted	cc
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wanted	nsubj
5	also	also	ADV	_	6 wanted	advmod
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 test	mark
8	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wanted	xcomp
9	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	14 lie	mark
10	Sidi	Sidi	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 lie	nsubj
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 Sidi	punct
12	Nouman	Nouman	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Sidi	flat
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 lie	aux
14	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 test	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	want	past	he	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	test not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	lie	would	Sidi	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yep, he wanted to be a friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	8 friend	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 friend	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 friend	det
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	is a not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	a friend					tree rules

Option 4

yep, he just wanted a chat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 wanted	advmod
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chat	det
7	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj

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

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