Test 12 · ★ · Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu Nowas fakes his wif…

what's your fave bit of the whole story then?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fave bit · What happens: be

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 707 «Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu Nowas fakes his wife's death and tricks the Sultan out of gold» 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	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 what	cop
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 bit	nmod:poss
4	fave	fave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bit	amod
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 what	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 story	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 story	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 story	amod
9	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bit	nmod
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 what	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	your fave bit of the whole story				then		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

when Abu Nowas sits up and grabs the gold, lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 sits	advmod
2	Abu	Abu	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sits	nsubj
3	Nowas	Nowas	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Abu	flat
4	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 sits	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 grabs	cc
7	grabs	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sits	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gold	det
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grabs	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sits	punct
11	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 sits	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit up	present	Abu						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	grab	present	Abu not said here	the gold					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme

Option 2

when the Sultan says the corpses are quite stiff and then sends the porter off to check, lol

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	SCONJ	_	4 says	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Sultan	det
3	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 stiff	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 corpses	det
6	corpses	corpse	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 stiff	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 stiff	cop
8	quite	quite	ADV	_	9 stiff	advmod
9	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sends	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 sends	advmod
12	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 stiff	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 porter	det
14	porter	porter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sends	obj
15	off	off	ADP	_	12 sends	compound:prt
16	to	to	PART	_	17 check	mark
17	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 sends	advcl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 lol	punct
19	lol	lol	INTJ	_	9 stiff	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Sultan				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the corpses			stiff property	tree rules
3	send off	present	the corpses not said here	the porter	then		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent porter=Theme
4	check	to-infinitive	the corpses not said here				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

when the Sultan says the corpses are quite stiff, and then Abu Nowas sits up and nicks the gold, lol

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	SCONJ	_	4 says	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Sultan	det
3	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 stiff	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 corpses	det
6	corpses	corpse	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 stiff	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 stiff	cop
8	quite	quite	ADV	_	9 stiff	advmod
9	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sits	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sits	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 sits	advmod
13	Abu	Abu	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 sits	nsubj
14	Nowas	Nowas	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Abu	flat
15	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 stiff	conj
16	up	up	ADP	_	15 sits	compound:prt
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 nicks	cc
18	nicks	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 sits	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 gold	det
20	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 nicks	obj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 lol	punct
22	lol	lol	INTJ	_	9 stiff	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Sultan				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the corpses			stiff property	tree rules
3	sit up	present	Abu		then		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	nick	present	Abu not said here	the gold			vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

when the Sultan says the corpses are quite stiff, lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	SCONJ	_	4 says	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Sultan	det
3	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 stiff	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 corpses	det
6	corpses	corpse	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 stiff	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 stiff	cop
8	quite	quite	ADV	_	9 stiff	advmod
9	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stiff	punct
11	lol	lol	INTJ	_	9 stiff	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Sultan						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the corpses					stiff property	tree rules

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