Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Princess Parizade, part 69: Prince Bahman…

be honest, what was Perviz doing while the girls were crying

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Perviz, girls · What happens: be, do, cry

This is test 9 · ★ 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	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 honest	cop
2	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 doing	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 doing	obj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 doing	aux
6	Perviz	Perviz	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 doing	nsubj
7	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 honest	conj
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 crying	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 girls	det
10	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 crying	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 crying	aux
12	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 doing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	imperative	you not said here	honest property	tree rules
2	do	past · progressive	Perviz		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	cry speech: express	past · progressive	the girls		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

not wasting time on sad things and getting ready to ride off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 wasting	advmod
2	wasting	waste	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wasting	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 things	case
5	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 things	amod
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wasting	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 getting	cc
8	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wasting	conj
9	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 getting	xcomp
10	to	to	PART	_	11 ride	mark
11	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 ready	xcomp
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 ride	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	when	other	roles by
1	not waste	gerund	time	on sad things goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent on thing=Goal
2	get	gerund		ready property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	ride off	to-infinitive			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

trying to comfort the girls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 comfort	mark
3	comfort	comfort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 trying	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 girls	det
5	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 comfort	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	gerund							vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	comfort not said to happen	to-infinitive		the girls					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus girl=Experiencer

Option 3

sitting quietly and thinking about how to climb the mountain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	1 sitting	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 thinking	cc
4	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 sitting	conj
5	about	about	SCONJ	_	8 climb	mark
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 climb	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 climb	mark
8	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 thinking	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mountain	det
10	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 climb	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sit	gerund		quietly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	think speech: other	gerund			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	climb	to-infinitive	the mountain		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location mountain=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

not wasting time on sad stuff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 wasting	advmod
2	wasting	waste	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wasting	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 stuff	case
5	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stuff	amod
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wasting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not waste	gerund					time	on sad stuff goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent on stuff=Goal

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