Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, part 60: the Cadi's trial is re…

So the merchant just said he never touched it, right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: merchant · What happens: say, not touch · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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	So	so	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 merchant	det
3	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 touched	nsubj
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 touched	advmod
8	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 touched	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
11	right	right	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the merchant						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not touch	past	merchant	it					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-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

Nah, he said he opened it at the inn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	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	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 opened	nsubj
6	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 opened	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 inn	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 inn	det
10	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 opened	obl

#	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	open	past	he	it		the inn			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent it=Theme at inn=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Not exactly, he admitted touching it later but swore he never opened it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 admitted	advmod
2	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	5 admitted	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 admitted	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 admitted	nsubj
5	admitted	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	touching	touch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 admitted	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 touching	obj
8	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 touching	advmod
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 swore	cc
10	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 admitted	conj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 opened	nsubj
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 opened	advmod
13	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 swore	ccomp
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 opened	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not admit speech: other	past	he		exactly property	vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	touch	gerund	he not said here	it	late property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme
3	swear	past	he not said here			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	not open	past	he	it		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, he claimed someone else had moved it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 claimed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 claimed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 claimed	nsubj
4	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 moved	nsubj
6	else	else	ADV	_	5 someone	advmod
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 moved	aux
8	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 claimed	ccomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 moved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	move	past · perfect	someone	it					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he swore he never touched it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 swore	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 swore	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 swore	nsubj
4	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 touched	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 touched	advmod
7	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swore	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 touched	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past	he						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not touch	past	he	it					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme

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