Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 65: the Indian i…
mate, did the prince just nick a dervish outfit off the doorkeeper?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince · What happens: nick · To what, where: dervish outfit
This is test 3 · ★ 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 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 nick | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 mate | punct |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 nick | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 prince | det |
| 5 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 nick | nsubj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 nick | advmod |
| 7 | nick | nick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 outfit | det |
| 9 | dervish | dervish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 outfit | compound |
| 10 | outfit | outfit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 nick | obj |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 13 doorkeeper | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 doorkeeper | det |
| 13 | doorkeeper | doorkeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 nick | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 nick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nick | past · do-support | the prince | a dervish outfit | off the doorkeeper; mate vocative | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent outfit=Theme off doorkeeper=Source |
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
yeah, he swiped it when nobody was looking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 swiped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 swiped | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 swiped | nsubj |
| 4 | swiped | swipe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 swiped | obj |
| 6 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 9 looking | mark |
| 7 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 looking | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 looking | aux |
| 9 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 swiped | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swipe | past | he | it | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | look | past · progressive | nobody | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
nah, the doorkeeper gave it to him, bless
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 doorkeeper | det |
| 4 | doorkeeper | doorkeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | nsubj |
| 5 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gave | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gave | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bless | punct |
| 10 | bless | bless | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 gave | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the doorkeeper | it | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Recipient | |||
| 2 | bless | infinitive | the doorkeeper not said here | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
yeah, he robbed the doorkeeper and then ran off across the garden
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 robbed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 robbed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 robbed | nsubj |
| 4 | robbed | rob | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 doorkeeper | det |
| 6 | doorkeeper | doorkeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 robbed | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 ran | cc |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 ran | advmod |
| 9 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 robbed | conj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 ran | compound:prt |
| 11 | across | across | ADP | _ | 13 garden | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 garden | det |
| 13 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rob | past | he | the doorkeeper | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doorkeeper=Source | ||||
| 2 | run off | past | he not said here | the garden | then | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across garden=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
nah, he got the doorkeeper to fetch it, cheeky
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 doorkeeper | det |
| 6 | doorkeeper | doorkeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 fetch | mark |
| 8 | fetch | fetch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 got | xcomp |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fetch | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 cheeky | punct |
| 11 | cheeky | cheeky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | the doorkeeper | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fetch | to-infinitive | the doorkeeper not said here | doorkeeper | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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