Test 10 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Princess Parizade, part 68: the three…

What did the old lady say the house was missing?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: old lady, house · What happens: say, miss · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 228 «Arabian Nights, The Princess Parizade, part 68: the three foundlings grow up, and a pilgrim names three wonders the princess must have» 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	6 say	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lady	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lady	amod
5	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 missing	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 missing	aux
10	missing	miss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 say	ccomp
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the old lady						tree rules
2	miss	past · progressive	the house						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

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

Something to eat, a bird, and a good well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 eat	mark
3	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Something	acl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bird	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bird	det
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Something	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 well	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 well	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 well	det
10	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 well	amod
11	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Something	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	to-infinitive							vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Three things, the bird, the tree and the water, and a proper gate for the princess to pass

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 things	nummod
2	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bird	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bird	det
5	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 things	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tree	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tree	det
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 things	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 water	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 water	det
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tree	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 gate	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 gate	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 gate	det
15	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 gate	amod
16	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 things	conj
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 princess	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 princess	det
19	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 gate	nmod
20	to	to	PART	_	21 pass	mark
21	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 gate	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	to-infinitive							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

A roof, a stove, a bed and a lamp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 roof	det
2	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stove	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stove	det
5	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roof	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bed	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bed	det
8	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roof	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 lamp	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lamp	det
11	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roof	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Three things, the bird, the tree and the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 things	nummod
2	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bird	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bird	det
5	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 things	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tree	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tree	det
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 things	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 water	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 water	det
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tree	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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