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title: ngl, what did the princess say when the prince was right? — Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9:… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl, what did the princess say when the prince was right? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1208 «Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9: Almas follows Gul and unmasks the princess's secret» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9: Almas follows Gul an…

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ngl, what did the princess say when the prince was right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ngl, princess, prince · **What happens:** do, say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1208 «Arabian Nights, Prince Almas, part 9: Almas follows Gul and unmasks the princess's secret» 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/1208-pg3282-part9/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1208-pg3282-part9:t6:1
# text = ngl, what did the princess say when the prince was right?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | ngl |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the princess |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | the prince |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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you have not answered my riddle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1208-pg3282-part9:t6:o1:1
# text = you have not answered my riddle
1	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	answered	answer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme riddle=Eventuality |
| 2 | **riddle** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom riddle «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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that is not the answer at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1208-pg3282-part9:t6:o2:1
# text = that is not the answer at all
1	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | that | the answer |  | all |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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you got it, my dude, fair play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1208-pg3282-part9:t6:o3:1
# text = you got it, my dude, fair play
1	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | you | it |  |  |  | my dude and fair play *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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you have not answered my riddle and the whole court is watching you now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1208-pg3282-part9:t6:o4:1
# text = you have not answered my riddle and the whole court is watching you now
1	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	answered	answer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme riddle=Eventuality |
| 2 | **watch** | present · progressive | the whole court | you |  |  | now |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 3 | **riddle** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom riddle «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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