Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Princess Parizade, part 69: Prince Bahman…

lol the prince said accidents only happen to unlucky people, what did he think about himself

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince, accidents · What happens: say, happen, think · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	accidents	accident	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 happen	nsubj
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 happen	advmod
7	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 people	case
9	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 people	amod
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 happen	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 think	punct
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 think	obj
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 think	aux
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 think	nsubj
15	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 happen	conj
16	about	about	ADP	_	17 himself	case
17	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	15 think	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the prince		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	happen	present	accidents	to unlucky people	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	think speech: other	past · do-support	prince	about prince	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=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 · ✓ the right answer

he was not one of the unlucky ones

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	4 one	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 one	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 one	advmod
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 ones	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ones	det
7	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ones	amod
8	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	past	he	one				of the unlucky ones	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

he thought he was too strong

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 strong	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 strong	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 strong	advmod
6	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	he					strong property	tree rules

Option 3

he was sure he was not one of the unlucky ones who ever fail

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	3 sure	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sure	cop
3	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 one	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	cop
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 one	advmod
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 sure	parataxis
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 ones	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ones	det
10	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 ones	amod
11	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 one	nmod
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 fail	nsubj
13	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	14 fail	advmod
14	fail	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 ones	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he			sure property	tree rules
2	not is a	past	he	one		of the unlucky ones	tree rules
3	fail	present	the unlucky ones		ever		vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

he thought he was far too clever and careful to be one of the unlucky ones

The tree, 16 words

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 clever	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 clever	cop
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 clever	advmod
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 clever	advmod
7	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 careful	cc
9	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 clever	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	12 one	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 one	cop
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 clever	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 ones	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ones	det
15	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 ones	amod
16	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	he		clever, far property	tree rules
3	be		he not said here			tree rules
4	is a	to-infinitive		one	of the unlucky ones	tree rules

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