Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Princess Parizade, part 69: Prince Bahman…

bet, so why did Bahman run down the hill in the end

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Bahman · What happens: bet, run down · To what, where: hill, end

This is test 7 · ★ 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	bet	bet	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 run	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 run	advmod
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 run	advmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 run	aux
6	Bahman	Bahman	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 run	nsubj
7	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 bet	conj
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 run	compound:prt
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hill	det
10	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 run	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 end	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 end	det
13	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bet	imperative	you not said here						vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	run down	past · do-support	Bahman	the hill			in the end		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent hill=Theme in end=Trajectory

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 stones began to move

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stones	det
2	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 began	nsubj
3	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 move	mark
5	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 began	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the stones						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	move	to-infinitive	the stones not said here						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

he heard the king calling

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 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 calling	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 calling	compound
5	calling	calling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	he	the king calling					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer calling=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

his knees shook and he panicked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 knees	nmod:poss
2	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shook	nsubj
3	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 panicked	cc
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 panicked	nsubj
6	panicked	panic	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shook	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	past	his knees						vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	panic	past	he						vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

the voices scared him and he fled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 voices	det
2	voices	voice	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scared	nsubj
3	scared	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 scared	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fled	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fled	nsubj
7	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare	past	the voices	him = he					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
2	flee	past	he						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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