Test 13 · ★ · Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah, part 67: three sist…
but the vizir stepped in, right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: vizir · What happens: step in
This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 227 «Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah, part 67: three sisters' wishes come true, and the cradles float away» 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 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 stepped | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 vizir | det |
| 3 | vizir | vizir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stepped | nsubj |
| 4 | stepped | step | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADV | _ | 4 stepped | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 stepped | punct |
| 7 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 4 stepped | discourse |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 stepped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | step in | past | the vizir | vn run-51.3.2 «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
yeah, he begged for her life, then tried to take the sultan's seat
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 begged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 begged | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 begged | nsubj |
| 4 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 tried | advcl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 life | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 life | nmod:poss |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 begged | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 tried | punct |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 tried | advmod |
| 10 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 take | mark |
| 12 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 tried | xcomp |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 sultan | det |
| 14 | sultan | sultan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 seat | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 sultan | case |
| 16 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | he | for her life | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for life=Topic | ||||
| 2 | try | past | then | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | the sultan's seat | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Theme |
Option 2
yeah, he pleaded with him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 pleaded | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 pleaded | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pleaded | nsubj |
| 4 | pleaded | plead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pleaded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plead speech: request | past | he | with him = he | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
yeah, he begged for her life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 begged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 begged | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 begged | nsubj |
| 4 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 life | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 life | nmod:poss |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 begged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | he | for her life | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for life=Topic |
Option 4
nah, he just watched
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 watched | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 watched | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 watched | advmod |
| 5 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | past | he | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
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