Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: the blind man's curse…
were the people in that land allowed to see brides before wedding?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: people · What happens: be, allow, see · To what, where: people, land, brides
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 people | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 people | det |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 land | case |
| 5 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 land | det |
| 6 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 people | nmod |
| 7 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 people | acl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 see | mark |
| 9 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 allowed | xcomp |
| 10 | brides | bride | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 see | obj |
| 11 | before | before | ADP | _ | 12 wedding | case |
| 12 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 see | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 people | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the people | that land | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | allow | participle | the people not said here | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | the people not said here | brides | before wedding | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bride=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
nope, they got married without seeing them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 5 married | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nope | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 married | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 married | aux:pass |
| 5 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 7 seeing | mark |
| 7 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 married | advcl |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 seeing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | past · passive | they | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | see | gerund | them = they | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
Option 2
nope, the bride was hidden and the groom only saw her after the wedding feast was over
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 6 hidden | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nope | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bride | det |
| 4 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hidden | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 hidden | aux:pass |
| 6 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 saw | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 groom | det |
| 9 | groom | groom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 saw | nsubj |
| 10 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 saw | advmod |
| 11 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 hidden | conj |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 saw | obj |
| 13 | after | after | ADP | _ | 16 feast | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 feast | det |
| 15 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 feast | compound |
| 16 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 over | obl |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 over | cop |
| 18 | over | over | ADV | _ | 11 saw | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past · passive | the bride | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | see | past | the groom | bride | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is | past | after the wedding feast | over property | tree rules |
Option 3
yes, but only after the bride's veil was lifted by her father in court
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 11 lifted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 lifted | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 lifted | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 veil | advmod |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 veil | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bride | det |
| 7 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 veil | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 bride | case |
| 9 | veil | veil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lifted | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 lifted | aux:pass |
| 11 | lifted | lift | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 father | case |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 father | nmod:poss |
| 14 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lifted | obl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 court | case |
| 16 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 father | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift | past · passive | bride's father in court | the bride's veil | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 4
nope, they only met the bride's brothers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 5 met | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nope | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 met | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 met | advmod |
| 5 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bride | det |
| 7 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 bride | case |
| 9 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 met | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meet | past | they | the bride's brothers | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Co-Agent |
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