Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 65: the Indian i…
was the princess scared when the Indian got nasty with her?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Indian · What happens: be, get · To what, where: princess
This is test 12 · ★ 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 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 princess | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 princess | det |
| 3 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 scared | csubj |
| 4 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 got | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Indian | det |
| 7 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 got | nsubj |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 scared | advcl |
| 9 | nasty | nasty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 got | xcomp |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 her | case |
| 11 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 got | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 scared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the princess | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get | past | the Indian | with princess; nasty property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, so she shouted her head off for help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 shouted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 shouted | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 shouted | advmod |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 shouted | nsubj |
| 5 | shouted | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 head | nmod:poss |
| 7 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shouted | obj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 shouted | compound:prt |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 help | case |
| 10 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shouted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout off speech: express | past | she | her head | for help | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic |
Option 2
nah, she laughed at him and stayed calm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 laughed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 laughed | nsubj |
| 4 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 laughed | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 stayed | cc |
| 8 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 laughed | conj |
| 9 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 stayed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | past | she | at him = he | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | stay | past | she not said here | calm property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
yeah, so she shouted her head off for help from anyone nearby in the woods
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 shouted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 shouted | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 shouted | advmod |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 shouted | nsubj |
| 5 | shouted | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 head | nmod:poss |
| 7 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shouted | obj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 shouted | compound:prt |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 help | case |
| 10 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shouted | obl |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 anyone | case |
| 12 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 10 help | nmod |
| 13 | nearby | nearby | ADV | _ | 12 anyone | advmod |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 woods | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 woods | det |
| 16 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 anyone | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout off speech: express | past | she | her head | for help from anyone | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
yeah, she was terrified and screamed loudly for help from the horsemen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 terrified | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 terrified | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 terrified | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 terrified | cop |
| 5 | terrified | terrified | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 screamed | cc |
| 7 | screamed | scream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 terrified | conj |
| 8 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 7 screamed | advmod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 help | case |
| 10 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 screamed | obl |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 horsemen | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 horsemen | det |
| 13 | horsemen | horseman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 screamed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | she | terrified property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | scream speech: express | past | she not said here | the horsemen | for help; loudly property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient |
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