Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 65: the Indian i…

oi, did u catch that the Indian flew the horse right over the city on purpose?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: oi, Indian · What happens: catch, fly · To what, where: horse, city

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 225 «Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 65: the Indian is killed and the princess pretends to be mad» 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	oi	oi	X	Foreign=Yes	5 catch	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 catch	punct
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 catch	aux
4	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 catch	nsubj
5	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 flew	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Indian	det
8	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 flew	nsubj
9	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 catch	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 horse	det
11	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 flew	obj
12	right	right	ADV	_	15 city	advmod
13	over	over	ADP	_	15 city	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 city	det
15	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 flew	obl
16	on	on	ADP	_	17 purpose	case
17	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 city	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 catch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · do-support	oi						vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	fly	past	the Indian	the horse		the city on purpose			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme over city=Location

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, he wanted the Sultan to see it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sultan	det
6	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 see	mark
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wanted	xcomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	the Sultan					tree rules
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Sultan not said here	Sultan					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

nah, it was an accident by the wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 accident	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 accident	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 accident	cop
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 accident	det
6	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 wind	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wind	det
9	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accident	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a accident				by the wind	tree rules

Option 3

nah, just passing over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 passing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 passing	advmod
4	passing	pass	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	over	over	ADV	_	4 passing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass over	gerund						over property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, proper petty, he wanted the Sultan to see

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 petty	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 petty	punct
3	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 petty	amod
4	petty	petty	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wanted	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 petty	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wanted	nsubj
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Sultan	det
9	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 wanted	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 see	mark
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wanted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	proper petty	the Sultan					tree rules
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Sultan not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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