Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Princess Parizade, part 69: Prince Bahman…

yo did u see the dervish's moustache, it was bigger than my whole face fr

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: yo, moustache · What happens: see, be · To what, where: moustache

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 229 «Arabian Nights, Princess Parizade, part 69: Prince Bahman turns to black stone on the mountain» 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	yo	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dervish	det
6	dervish	dervish	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 moustache	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 dervish	case
8	moustache	moustache	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bigger	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 bigger	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 bigger	cop
12	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 see	obl
13	than	than	ADP	_	17 fr	case
14	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 fr	nmod:poss
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 fr	amod
16	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 fr	compound
17	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bigger	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past · do-support	yo	the dervish's moustache					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer moustache=Stimulus
2	is	past	moustache					than my whole face fr; big property	tree rules

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

Bahman snipped it with his scissors so the dervish could finally speak clearly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bahman	Bahman	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 snipped	nsubj
2	snipped	snip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 snipped	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 scissors	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 scissors	nmod:poss
6	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 snipped	obl
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 speak	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dervish	det
9	dervish	dervish	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 speak	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 speak	aux
11	finally	finally	ADV	_	12 speak	advmod
12	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 snipped	advcl
13	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	12 speak	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snip	past	Bahman	it				with Bahman's scissors	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient with scissors=Instrument
2	speak speech: other	could	the dervish					clearly, finally property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Bahman snipped it so he could talk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bahman	Bahman	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 snipped	nsubj
2	snipped	snip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 snipped	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 talk	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 talk	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 talk	aux
7	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 snipped	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snip	past	Bahman	it					vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	talk	could	Bahman						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

it was the prince who trimmed it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 prince	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 prince	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prince	det
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 trimmed	nsubj
6	trimmed	trim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 prince	acl:relcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 trimmed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	the prince					tree rules
2	trim	past	the prince	it					vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4

he cut it with scissors

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 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cut	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 scissors	case
5	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	he	it				with scissors	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient with scissors=Instrument

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