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title: So did the king listen to the fakeer's warning, or nah? — Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Ma… · tree and pragmatics
description: So did the king listen to the fakeer's warning, or nah? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1138 «Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4: the Mirror is stolen and the white men take all the power» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 12 · ★ · Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4:…

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So did the king listen to the fakeer's warning, or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king, fakeer · **What happens:** listen, warn

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1138 «Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4: the Mirror is stolen and the white men take all the power» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1138-pg3027-part4/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:t12:1
# text = So did the king listen to the fakeer's warning, or nah?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fakeer	fakeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | past · do-support | the king |  |  |  |  | to the fakeer's warning | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to warning=Theme |
| 2 | **warn** |  | the fakeer |  |  |  |  |  | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yeah, he went off to the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:t12:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he went off to the hills
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go off** | past | he |  |  |  |  | to the hills | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he went and touched the grave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:t12:o2:1
# text = Nah, he went and touched the grave
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **touch** | past | he *not said here* | the grave |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme grave=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he went right ahead and touched the grave anyway, then everything went wrong for him

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:t12:o3:1
# text = Nah, he went right ahead and touched the grave anyway, then everything went wrong for him
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
14	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	15	nsubj	_	_
15	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | he |  |  |  |  | ahead *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **touch** | past | he *not said here* | the grave |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme grave=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **go** | past | everything |  |  |  | then | for him *= he*; wrong *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for he=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he went and touched the grave straight away, ignoring the warning totally, and died

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:t12:o4:1
# text = Nah, he went and touched the grave straight away, ignoring the warning totally, and died
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	ignoring	ignore	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **touch** | past | he *not said here* | the grave |  |  |  | away *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme grave=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **ignore** | gerund | he *not said here* | the warning |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme |
| 4 | **die** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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