Test 2 · ★ · Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu Nowas fakes his wif…

so the Sultan just handed over a hundred gold pieces like that?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sultan · What happens: hand · To what, where: hundred gold pieces

This is test 2 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	5 handed	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Sultan	det
3	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 handed	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 handed	advmod
5	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	over	over	ADP	_	10 pieces	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hundred	det
8	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 pieces	nummod
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pieces	compound
10	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 handed	obl
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 that	case
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 pieces	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 handed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand	past	the Sultan			hundred gold pieces like that			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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

nah, he was dead sharp, didn't fall for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 sharp	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sharp	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sharp	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sharp	amod
6	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fall	punct
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 fall	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 fall	advmod
10	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 sharp	parataxis
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					sharp property	tree rules
2	not fall	past · do-support						for it	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for it=Theme

Option 2

yeah, he was proper daft, mate, fair play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 daft	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 daft	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 daft	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 daft	cop
5	proper	properly	ADV	_	6 daft	advmod
6	daft	daft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mate	punct
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 daft	vocative
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 play	punct
10	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 play	amod
11	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 daft	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					mate vocative; daft, properly property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he was well gullible, no cap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 gullible	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 gullible	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gullible	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gullible	cop
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 gullible	advmod
6	gullible	gullible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cap	punct
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 cap	det
9	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gullible	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					gullible, well property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, he was well gullible, no cap, and he gave Abu Nowas a purse too

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 gullible	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 gullible	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gullible	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gullible	cop
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 gullible	advmod
6	gullible	gullible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cap	punct
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 cap	det
9	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gullible	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gave	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 gave	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 gave	nsubj
13	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gullible	conj
14	Abu	Abu	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 gave	iobj
15	Nowas	Nowas	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Abu	flat
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 purse	det
17	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gave	obj
18	too	too	ADV	_	13 gave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					gullible, well property	tree rules
2	give	past	he	a purse	Abu				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent abu=Recipient purse=Theme

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