Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia, part 60: the Cadi's trial is re…

So what did the merchant end up saying about the vase?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: merchant · What happens: do, end up, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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	_	3 did	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 merchant	det
5	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	nsubj
6	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	conj
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 end	compound:prt
8	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 did	advcl
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 vase	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 vase	det
11	vase	vase	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saying	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	end up	present	the merchant		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	say speech: assert	gerund		about the vase	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

that he gave it away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	3 gave	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gave	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	3 gave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give away	past	he	it				away property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

that he had only moved it, but never opened or touched it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 moved	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 moved	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 moved	aux
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 moved	advmod
5	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 opened	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 moved	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 opened	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 opened	cc
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 opened	advmod
10	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 touched	cc
12	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 opened	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 touched	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	move	past · perfect · passive	he	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: subject=Theme it=Result
2	not open	past		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	touch	past	it	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme

Option 3

that he had never touched the vase, and swore it on oath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 touched	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 touched	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 touched	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 touched	advmod
5	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 swore	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 vase	det
7	vase	vase	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 touched	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 swore	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 swore	cc
10	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 swore	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 oath	case
13	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 swore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not touch	past · perfect	he	the vase					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme vase=Co-Theme
2	swear	past		vase		oath			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

that he never touched it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 touched	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 touched	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 touched	advmod
4	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 touched	obj

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

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