Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Firouz Schah: the prince wins back…

How'd the princess get up on the horse, like?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess · What happens: get up

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 226 «Arabian Nights, Prince Firouz Schah: the prince wins back the princess and tricks the Sultan» 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 get	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 princess	det
4	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	nsubj
5	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 like	advcl
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 get	compound:prt
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 horse	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 horse	det
9	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	root	root
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 like	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get up	would	the princess					on the horse	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on horse=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

The guards lifted her up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guards	det
2	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lifted	nsubj
3	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lifted	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 lifted	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift up	past	the guards	her = she					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Her ladies helped her up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 ladies	nmod:poss
2	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 helped	nsubj
3	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 helped	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 helped	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help up	past	Her ladies		her = she				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Her ladies helped her up, then the prince took the reins from the Sultan's men

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 ladies	nmod:poss
2	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 helped	nsubj
3	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 helped	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 helped	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 took	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 took	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 took	nsubj
10	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 helped	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 reins	det
12	reins	rein	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 took	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	17 men	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Sultan	det
15	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 men	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Sultan	case
17	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help up	past	Her ladies		her = she				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary
2	take	past	the prince	the reins			then	from the Sultan's men	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent rein=Theme from man=Initial_Location

Option 4

Her ladies helped her up while the prince watched from the balcony

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 ladies	nmod:poss
2	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 helped	nsubj
3	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 helped	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 helped	compound:prt
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 watched	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prince	det
8	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 watched	nsubj
9	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 helped	advcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 balcony	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 balcony	det
12	balcony	balcony	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 watched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help up	past	Her ladies		her = she				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary
2	watch	past	the prince			the balcony			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

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