Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia and the Olives, part 61: a child…
Did the boy's mum go mental when the vizir came for him?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, vizir · What happens: go, come
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 221 «Arabian Nights, Ali Cogia and the Olives, part 61: a child judges a thief, then a magic horse appears» 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 go | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 boy | det |
| 3 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mum | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 boy | case |
| 5 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 go | nsubj |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | mental | mental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 go | xcomp |
| 8 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 11 came | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 vizir | det |
| 10 | vizir | vizir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 came | nsubj |
| 11 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 go | advcl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 him | case |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 came | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past · do-support | the boy's mum | mental property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come | past | the vizir | for boy | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, she went mental and chased the vizier all the way down the street
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | mental | mental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 went | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 chased | cc |
| 7 | chased | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 vizier | det |
| 9 | vizier | vizier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chased | obj |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 way | det:predet |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 way | det |
| 12 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chased | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | down | down | ADP | _ | 15 street | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 street | det |
| 15 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chased | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | she | mental property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | chase | past | she not said here | the vizier | the street | all way obl:unmarked | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent vizier=Theme down street=Trajectory |
Option 2
Yeah, she was proper gutted and screamed at the vizier to leave
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 gutted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 gutted | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gutted | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 gutted | aux:pass |
| 5 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 6 gutted | advmod |
| 6 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 screamed | cc |
| 8 | screamed | scream | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 gutted | conj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 vizier | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 vizier | det |
| 11 | vizier | vizier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 screamed | obl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 leave | mark |
| 13 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 screamed | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gut | past · passive | she | properly property | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | ||||
| 2 | scream speech: express | participle | the vizier | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at vizier=Location | |||||
| 3 | leave | to-infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, she was proper gutted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 gutted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 gutted | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gutted | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 gutted | aux:pass |
| 5 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 6 gutted | advmod |
| 6 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gut | past · passive | she | properly property | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
Option 4
Yeah, she went bonkers, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | bonkers | bonker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 went | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 mate | punct |
| 7 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bonkers | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | she | bonkers | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bonker=Theme |
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