Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Firouz Schah: the prince wins back…

What'd he yell at the Sultan on the way up?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: yell

This is test 9 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 yell	obj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 yell	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 yell	nsubj
4	yell	yell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 Sultan	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sultan	det
7	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 yell	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 way	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 yell	obl
11	up	up	ADV	_	10 way	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 yell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yell speech: express	would	he					on the way; at the Sultan	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent what=Theme at sultan=Stimulus

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

Learn to get consent first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 get	mark
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Learn	xcomp
4	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	imperative	you not said here						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	to-infinitive	you not said here	consent				first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer consent=Stimulus

Option 2

Learn to ask nicely first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 ask	mark
3	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Learn	xcomp
4	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	3 ask	advmod
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 ask	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	imperative	you not said here						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive	you not said here					first, nicely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Know to seek approval first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Know	know	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 seek	mark
3	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Know	xcomp
4	approval	approval	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seek	obj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 seek	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	imperative	you not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	seek	to-infinitive	you not said here	approval				first property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent approval=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Learn to get consent first before taking anyone's property or wife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 get	mark
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Learn	xcomp
4	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 get	advmod
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 taking	mark
7	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 get	advcl
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 property	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 anyone	case
10	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taking	obj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 wife	cc
12	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 property	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	learn	imperative	you not said here			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	to-infinitive	you not said here	consent	first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer consent=Stimulus
3	take	gerund	you not said here	anyone's property or wife		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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