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title: What was the fakeer doing when the king first spotted him, yeah? — Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Ma… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the fakeer doing when the king first spotted him, yeah? Test 9 · ★ 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 th
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# Test 9 · ★ · Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4:…

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What was the fakeer doing when the king first spotted him, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fakeer, king · **What happens:** do, spot · **To what, where:** fakeer

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:t9:1
# text = What was the fakeer doing when the king first spotted him, yeah?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	was	be	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	fakeer	fakeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	advmod	_	_
10	spotted	spot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
13	yeah	yeah	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 | **do** | past · progressive | the fakeer |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **spot** | past | the king |  | fakeer |  |  | first *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Destination |

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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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Chilling by the river, yeah

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:t9:o1:1
# text = Chilling by the river, yeah
1	Chilling	chill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | by the river | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hunting antelope up in the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:t9:o2:1
# text = Hunting antelope up in the hills
1	Hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	antelope	antelope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt up** | gerund |  | antelope |  | the hills |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent antelope=Theme in hill=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Reading the Koran up in the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:t9:o3:1
# text = Reading the Koran up in the hills
1	Reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Koran	Koran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund |  | the Koran |  | the hills |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent koran=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Praying, yeah

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:t9:o4:1
# text = Praying, yeah
1	Praying	pray	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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