Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Enchanted Horse, part 65: the Indian i…

so the prince is off to Cashmere now, right? what made him go?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince, Cashmere · What happens: be, make, go · To what, where: Cashmere

This is test 9 · ★ 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	_	5 off	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 off	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 off	cop
5	off	off	ADV	_	13 made	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Cashmere	case
7	Cashmere	Cashmere	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 off	obl
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 off	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 off	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	5 off	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 off	punct
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 made	nsubj
13	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 made	obj
15	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 made	xcomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the prince		Cashmere	now	off property	tree rules
2	make	past		Cashmere				tree rules
3	go	infinitive	Cashmere not said here					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

he heard the princess went mad at court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 princess	det
4	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 heard	ccomp
6	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 went	xcomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 court	case
8	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	he						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	go	past	the princess			court		mad property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at court=Location

Option 2

he heard the princess had gone mad on her wedding day and wanted her back

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 princess	det
4	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gone	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gone	aux
6	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 heard	ccomp
7	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gone	xcomp
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 day	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 day	nmod:poss
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 day	compound
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mad	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wanted	cc
13	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 heard	conj
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 back	nmod:poss
15	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past	he			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	go	past · perfect	the princess		mad property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	want	past	he not said here	princess's back		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot back=Theme

Option 3

he heard the princess had been kidnapped and then went mad at her wedding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 princess	det
4	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kidnapped	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 kidnapped	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 kidnapped	aux:pass
7	kidnapped	kidnap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 heard	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 went	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 went	advmod
10	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 heard	conj
11	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 went	xcomp
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 wedding	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 wedding	nmod:poss
14	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	he					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	kidnap	past · perfect · passive		the princess				vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	go	past	he not said here		princess's wedding	then	mad property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at wedding=Location
4	wed		princess					nom wedding «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he heard the princess had gone mad on her wedding day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 princess	det
4	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gone	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gone	aux
6	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 heard	ccomp
7	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gone	xcomp
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 day	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 day	nmod:poss
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 day	compound
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	he				day		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	go	past · perfect	the princess					mad property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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