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title: Did the prince get the answer to the riddle yet, fam? — Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-af… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the prince get the answer to the riddle yet, fam? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1202 «Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-afruz's Riddle, part 3: the prince enters the garden and is taken for a madman» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-afruz's Riddle, part 3…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the prince get the answer to the riddle yet, fam?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** prince

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1202 «Arabian Nights, The Prince and Mihr-afruz's Riddle, part 3: the prince enters the garden and is taken for a madman» 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/1202-pg3282-part3/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:t6:1
# text = Did the prince get the answer to the riddle yet, fam?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present |  | the prince |  |  | yet |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, he got it from Waq

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, he got it from Waq
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	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	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Waq	Waq	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he | it |  | Waq |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from waq=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the negro told him, but he has to go to Waq first to check it is right

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:t6:o2:1
# text = Yeah, the negro told him, but he has to go to Waq first to check it is right
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	negro	negro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Waq	Waq	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the negro |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | present | negro |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | negro *not said here* |  |  | Waq |  | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to waq=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **check** | to-infinitive | negro *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 5 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, he has to go to Waq first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:t6:o3:1
# text = Nope, he has to go to Waq first
1	Nope	nope	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	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Waq	Waq	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  | Waq |  | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to waq=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, he must ask the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1202-pg3282-part3:t6:o4:1
# text = Nope, he must ask the king
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | must | he |  | the king |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient |

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