Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a Dog, part 57: a secre…

Wait, why were the other dogs chasing him?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, other dogs · What happens: wait, chase · To what, where: him

This is test 7 · ★ 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	_	8 chasing	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 chasing	advmod
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 chasing	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dogs	det
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dogs	amod
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 chasing	nsubj
8	chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Wait	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 chasing	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	chase	past · progressive	the other dogs	him = he					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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

Cos he was yelping and howling loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 yelping	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 yelping	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 yelping	aux
4	yelping	yelp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 howling	cc
6	howling	howl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 yelping	conj
7	loud	loud	ADV	_	6 howling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yelp	past · progressive	he						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	howl	gerund	he not said here					loud property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Cos they were hungry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 hungry	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hungry	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hungry	cop
4	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 3

Cos he had stolen their food bowl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 stolen	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stolen	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stolen	aux
4	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bowl	nmod:poss
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bowl	compound
7	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stolen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past · perfect	he	their food bowl					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bowl=Theme

Option 4

Cos he was marking their territory

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 marking	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 marking	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 marking	aux
4	marking	mark	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 territory	nmod:poss
6	territory	territory	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 marking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	past · progressive	he	their territory					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent territory=Destination

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