Test 4 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 65: the Indian i…
so the Sultan of Cashmere just chopped the Indian's head off, sick or what?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sultan · What happens: chop off · To what, where: Indian head
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 chopped | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Sultan | det |
| 3 | Sultan | Sultan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 chopped | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Cashmere | case |
| 5 | Cashmere | Cashmere | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Sultan | nmod |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 chopped | advmod |
| 7 | chopped | chop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 head | det |
| 9 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 head | amod |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Indian | case |
| 11 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chopped | obj |
| 12 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 chopped | compound:prt |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 sick | punct |
| 14 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 chopped | parataxis |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 what | cc |
| 16 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 sick | conj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 chopped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chop off | past | the Sultan of Cashmere | the Indian head | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |
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, he believed her, no questions asked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 believed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 believed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 believed | nsubj |
| 4 | believed | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 believed | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 questions | punct |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 questions | det |
| 8 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 believed | obj |
| 9 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 questions | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | past | he | her = she | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme question=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | participle | no questions not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
yeah, he ordered it straight away because the Indian was a sorcerer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 ordered | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 ordered | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ordered | nsubj |
| 4 | ordered | order | 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 ordered | obj |
| 6 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 7 away | advmod |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 ordered | advmod |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 Indian | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Indian | det |
| 10 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 sorcerer | amod |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 sorcerer | cop |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 sorcerer | det |
| 13 | sorcerer | sorcerer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ordered | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past | he | it | away property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | is a | past | a Indian sorcerer | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
nah, he actually spared the Indian and sent him to prison
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 spared | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 spared | nsubj |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 5 spared | advmod |
| 5 | spared | spare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Indian | det |
| 7 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 spared | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 sent | cc |
| 9 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 spared | conj |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 sent | obj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 prison | case |
| 12 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spare | past | he | the Indian | actually property | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent indian=Asset | |||
| 2 | send | past | he not said here | him = he | prison | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to prison=Destination |
Option 4
yeah, he just got angry and shouted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 got | advmod |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 got | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 shouted | cc |
| 8 | shouted | shout | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 got | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | angry property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | participle | he not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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