Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 65: the Indian i…

bruv, why did the princess faint when the trumpets went off?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: trumpets · What happens: do, go off · To what, where: princess faint

This is test 2 · ★ 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	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 bruv	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 faint	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 faint	compound
7	faint	faint	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 went	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 trumpets	det
10	trumpets	trumpet	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 did	advcl
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 went	compound:prt
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 bruv	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the princess faint					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faint=Eventuality
2	go off	past	the trumpets						vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: 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

cos she found out the Indian had actually been her husband all along

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 found	nsubj
3	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 found	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Indian	det
6	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 found	xcomp
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 found	conj
8	actually	actually	ADV	_	11 husband	advmod
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 husband	cop
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 husband	nmod:poss
11	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	obl
12	all	all	ADV	_	13 along	advmod
13	along	along	ADV	_	7 had	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	find out	past	cos		indian property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
2	have	past	cos not said here		along property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is a	participle		cos's husband	actually property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

cos someone told her the Sultan was marrying her by sunset today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	X	_	2 someone	compound
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	iobj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sultan	det
6	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 marrying	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 marrying	aux
8	marrying	marry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 told	ccomp
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 marrying	obj
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 sunset	case
11	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 marrying	obl
12	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	someone		her = she		today		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	marry	past · progressive	the Sultan	her = she			sunset		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

cos she got told she's getting married to the Sultan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 told	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
3	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	aux:pass
4	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 married	nsubj:pass
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 married	aux
7	getting	get	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 married	aux:pass
8	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 told	ccomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 Sultan	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Sultan	det
11	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 married	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · passive		she					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	marry	present · progressive · passive		she				to the Sultan	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to sultan=Co-Patient

Option 4

cos she saw her wedding dress getting ready

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saw	nsubj
3	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 dress	nmod:poss
5	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dress	compound
6	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	obj
7	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 dress	acl
8	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 getting	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	cos	cos's wedding dress					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dress=Stimulus
2	get	gerund	cos's wedding dress not said here					ready property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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