Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, Merchant of Bagdad, part 1: Ali…

Was the Caliph chill about the whole thing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: Caliph chill

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 219 «Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, Merchant of Bagdad, part 1: Ali hides gold in a vase of olives, and his friend steals it» 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chill	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chill	det
3	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 chill	compound
4	chill	chill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	8 thing	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thing	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chill	nmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 chill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the Caliph chill				about the whole thing	tree rules

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

Kinda, he said the wife was punished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kinda	kinda	ADV	_	4 said	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Kinda	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wife	det
6	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 punished	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 punished	aux:pass
8	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he					kinda property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	punish	past · passive		the wife					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Pretty much, he said the wife had suffered enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretty	pretty	ADV	_	2 much	advmod
2	much	much	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 much	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wife	det
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 suffered	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 suffered	aux
9	suffered	suffer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 said	ccomp
10	enough	enough	ADV	_	9 suffered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	suffer	past · perfect	the wife					enough property	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Pretty much, he said the wife had suffered enough, but he still wanted the magician locked up

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretty	pretty	ADV	_	2 much	advmod
2	much	much	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 much	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wife	det
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 suffered	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 suffered	aux
9	suffered	suffer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 said	ccomp
10	enough	enough	ADV	_	9 suffered	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wanted	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 wanted	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wanted	nsubj
14	still	still	ADV	_	15 wanted	advmod
15	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 magician	det
17	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wanted	obj
18	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 wanted	xcomp
19	up	up	ADP	_	18 locked	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	suffer	past · perfect	the wife			enough property	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	want	past	he	the magician	still		tree rules
4	lock up not said to happen	participle	the magician not said here				vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Pretty much, he said the wife had suffered enough and the husband should be paid

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretty	pretty	ADV	_	2 much	advmod
2	much	much	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 much	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wife	det
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 suffered	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 suffered	aux
9	suffered	suffer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 said	ccomp
10	enough	enough	ADV	_	9 suffered	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 paid	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 husband	det
13	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 paid	nsubj:pass
14	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 paid	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 paid	aux:pass
16	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 suffered	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	suffer	past · perfect	the wife		enough property	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	pay	should · passive		the husband		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

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