Test 6 · ★ · Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu Nowas fakes his wif…

how did the wife pretend to be dead when the porter came?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: wife, porter · What happens: pretend, be, come

This is test 6 · ★ 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 pretend	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 pretend	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wife	det
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pretend	nsubj
5	pretend	pretend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	8 dead	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 dead	cop
8	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pretend	xcomp
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 came	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 porter	det
11	porter	porter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 came	nsubj
12	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 pretend	advcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 pretend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	pretend	past · do-support	the wife		tree rules
2	is	to-infinitive	the wife not said here	dead property	tree rules
3	come	past	the porter		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

she hid under a blanket by the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 blanket	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 blanket	det
5	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 door	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	she			a blanket		by the door	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under blanket=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

she lay stiff under a sheet like a corpse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lay	xcomp
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 sheet	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sheet	det
6	sheet	sheet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 corpse	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 corpse	det
9	corpse	corpse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	she			a sheet		like a corpse; stiff property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under sheet=Location

Option 3

she lay stiff under a sheet like a corpse, with her eyes shut tight and her arms crossed

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lay	xcomp
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 sheet	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sheet	det
6	sheet	sheet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 corpse	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 corpse	det
9	corpse	corpse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 eyes	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 eyes	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 eyes	nmod:poss
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 tight	nsubj
14	shut	shut	ADV	_	15 tight	advmod
15	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lay	parataxis
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 crossed	cc
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 arms	nmod:poss
18	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 crossed	nsubj
19	crossed	cross	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 tight	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	she			a sheet		like a corpse; stiff property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under sheet=Location
2	cross	participle	her arms						vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

she lay under a sheet, stiff as board

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 sheet	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sheet	det
5	sheet	sheet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stiff	punct
7	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sheet	amod
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 board	case
9	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stiff	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	she			a sheet			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under sheet=Location

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