Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, part 60: the Cadi's trial is re…

Who got the petition on the road?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: get · To what, where: petition, road

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 220 «Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, part 60: the Cadi's trial is replayed by children, and a clever boy spots the trick» 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	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 petition	det
4	petition	petition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 road	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 road	det
7	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past		the petition		the road			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent petition=Theme on road=Source

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

the officer walking before the Caliph

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 officer	det
2	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 officer	acl
4	before	before	ADP	_	6 Caliph	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Caliph	det
6	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 walking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund	the officer not said here			the Caliph			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before caliph=Trajectory

Option 2

the officer walking before the Caliph, as he left the palace at dusk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 officer	det
2	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 left	nsubj
3	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 officer	acl
4	before	before	ADP	_	6 Caliph	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Caliph	det
6	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 walking	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 left	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 left	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 left	nsubj
10	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 palace	det
12	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 left	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 dusk	case
14	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund	the officer not said here			the Caliph			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before caliph=Trajectory
2	leave	past	the officer	the palace			dusk		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme

Option 3

a messenger riding toward the mosque

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 messenger	det
2	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	riding	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 messenger	acl
4	toward	toward	ADP	_	6 mosque	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mosque	det
6	mosque	mosque	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 riding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	gerund	a messenger not said here			the mosque			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent toward mosque=Trajectory

Option 4

a tall officer who was walking in front of the Caliph's party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 officer	det
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 officer	amod
3	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 walking	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 walking	aux
6	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 officer	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 front	case
8	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walking	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 party	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Caliph	det
11	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 party	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Caliph	case
13	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past · progressive	a tall officer			front of the Caliph's party			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Trajectory

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