Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 62: a prince fli…

Wait, so what did the king do to the Indian, like, bang him up?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, king · What happens: wait, do, bang up · To what, where: Indian, king

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 222 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 62: a prince flies away and lands in a princess's palace» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 did	advmod
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 do	nsubj
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 did	parataxis
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 Indian	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Indian	det
11	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 do	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 like	punct
13	like	like	INTJ	_	11 Indian	discourse
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bang	punct
15	bang	bang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 bang	obj
17	up	up	ADP	_	15 bang	compound:prt
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	do	present	the king	the Indian	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent indian=Eventuality
4	bang up	infinitive		king	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=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

He sent him to prison

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 prison	case
5	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	He	him = he		prison			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to prison=Destination

Option 2

He had him locked away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	obj
4	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 had	xcomp
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 locked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	him = he					tree rules
2	lock away	participle	him = he not said here					away property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He chucked him in the nick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chucked	nsubj
2	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chucked	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 nick	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 nick	det
6	nick	nick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chucked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past	He	him = he		the nick			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in nick=Destination

Option 4

He had him hauled off to the dungeon under the palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hauled	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hauled	aux
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	obj
4	hauled	haul	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 hauled	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 dungeon	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dungeon	det
8	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hauled	obl
9	under	under	ADP	_	11 palace	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 palace	det
11	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hauled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	haul off	past · perfect	He			the palace		to the dungeon	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to dungeon=Destination

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