Test 14 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 58: a dog spots fake coi…

What'd the girl say about the favour?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 218 «Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 58: a dog spots fake coins and is freed by a magician's daughter» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 'd	nsubj
2	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 'd	ccomp
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 favour	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 favour	det
8	favour	favour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 'd	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the girl					about the favour	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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

She wanted a kind word in return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 word	det
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 word	amod
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 return	case
7	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	nmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She said that knowing she had helped him was all the payment she needed in life

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 knowing	mark
4	knowing	know	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 payment	csubj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 helped	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 helped	aux
7	helped	help	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 knowing	ccomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 helped	obj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 payment	cop
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 payment	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 payment	det
12	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 needed	nsubj
14	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 payment	acl:relcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 life	case
16	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 needed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	know	gerund					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	help	past · perfect	she		him = he		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary
4	is a	past	knowing	all payment			tree rules
5	need	past	she	all payment not said here		life	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot payment=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Knowing they helped is payment enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Knowing	know	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 payment	csubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 helped	nsubj
3	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Knowing	ccomp
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 payment	cop
5	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	enough	enough	ADV	_	5 payment	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	know	gerund				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	help	past	they			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	Knowing	payment	enough property	tree rules

Option 4

She told him that the only reward she wanted was to know that he was safe and happy now

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 know	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reward	det
6	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reward	amod
7	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 know	nsubj
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wanted	nsubj
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 reward	acl:relcl
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 know	aux
11	to	to	PART	_	12 know	mark
12	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 told	ccomp
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 safe	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 safe	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 safe	cop
16	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 know	ccomp
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 happy	cc
18	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 safe	conj
19	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 know	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	She		him = he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	want	past	reward	the only reward not said here				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot reward=Theme
3	know not said to happen	past	the only reward			now		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	is	past	he				safe property	tree rules
5	be		he not said here					tree rules

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