Test 10 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a Dog, part 57: a secre…

So will the man stay nice to him, fr?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man · What happens: stay · To what, where: fr

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 217 «Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a Dog, part 57: a secret midnight feast, a curse, and a dog in a cookshop» 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	_	5 stay	advmod
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 stay	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stay	nsubj
5	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stay	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 nice	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fr	punct
10	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stay	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 stay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	future	the man	fr				nice property	vn exist-47.1 «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 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, cos he reckons dogs are dirty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 reckons	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 reckons	punct
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 reckons	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 reckons	nsubj
5	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dirty	advcl
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 reckons	obj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dirty	cop
8	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	he	dogs					vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent dog=Attribute
2	is	present						dirty property	tree rules

Option 2

Nah, cos the mullah told him that all animals must be driven from the shop before evening prayer

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 mullah	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mullah	det
5	mullah	mullah	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obl
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 told	iobj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 driven	mark
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 animals	det
10	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 driven	nsubj:pass
11	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 driven	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 driven	aux:pass
13	driven	drive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 told	ccomp
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 shop	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 shop	det
16	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 driven	obl
17	before	before	ADP	_	19 prayer	case
18	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 prayer	compound
19	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 driven	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past			him = he			cos the mullah	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	drive	must · passive		all animals		the shop	before evening prayer		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme from shop=Destination before prayer=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, cos he has a soft heart and will feed him as long as he stays quiet in the back room

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 has	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 heart	det
7	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 heart	amod
8	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 feed	cc
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 feed	aux
11	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 has	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 feed	obj
13	as	as	ADV	_	14 long	advmod
14	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 feed	advmod
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 stays	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 stays	nsubj
17	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 long	advcl
18	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 stays	xcomp
19	in	in	ADP	_	22 room	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 room	det
21	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 room	compound
22	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 stays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	present	he	a soft heart				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient
2	feed	future	he not said here		him = he		long property	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	stay	present	he			the back room	quiet property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location

Option 4

Yeah, cos he likes dogs a lot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 likes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 likes	punct
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 likes	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 likes	nsubj
5	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 likes	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lot	det
8	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 likes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	he	dogs					tree rules

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