Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a Dog, part 57: a secre…

Wait, was he, like, spying on her at night?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be, spy · To what, where: he

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 he	punct
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 he	cop
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Wait	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 spying	punct
6	like	like	SCONJ	_	8 spying	mark
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 spying	punct
8	spying	spy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Wait	advcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 spying	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 night	case
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spying	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past		he			tree rules
3	spy	gerund	you not said here		night	on her = she	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

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

Yeah, he sneaked after her to the graveyard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sneaked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sneaked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sneaked	nsubj
4	sneaked	sneak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	after	after	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sneaked	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 graveyard	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 graveyard	det
9	graveyard	graveyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sneaked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sneak	past	he			the graveyard	after her = she		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to graveyard=Destination

Option 2

Yeah, he followed her out to the market square

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 followed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 followed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 followed	nsubj
4	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 followed	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	4 followed	compound:prt
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 square	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 square	det
9	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 square	compound
10	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow out	past	he	her = she		the market square			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme to square=Trajectory

Option 3

Nah, he was actually looking for his lost goat in the village when he happened to see her leave

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 looking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 looking	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 looking	aux
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 looking	advmod
6	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 goat	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 goat	nmod:poss
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 goat	amod
10	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 looking	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 village	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 village	det
13	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 goat	nmod
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 happened	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 happened	nsubj
16	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 looking	advcl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 see	mark
18	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 happened	xcomp
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 see	obj
20	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 see	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look	past · progressive	he		for his lost goat in the village; actually property	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for goat=Theme
2	lose	participle				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	happen	past	goat			tree rules
4	see	to-infinitive	goat not said here	her = she		tree rules
5	leave	infinitive	her = she not said here			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Nah, he was asleep the whole night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 asleep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 asleep	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asleep	cop
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 night	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 night	amod
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asleep	obl:unmarked

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

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