--- title: Was Nur Mahomed knackered when he got to the town at noon? — Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and t… · tree and pragmatics description: Was Nur Mahomed knackered when he got to the town at noon? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1255 «Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56: the princess swaps a letter and a wedding is ordered» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1255-pg3282-part56/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1255-pg3282-part56/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56… Was Nur Mahomed knackered when he got to the town at noon? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Nur · **What happens:** be, knacker, get · **To what, where:** Nur This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1255 «Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56: the princess swaps a letter and a wedding is ordered» 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/1255-pg3282-part56/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t3:1 # text = Was Nur Mahomed knackered when he got to the town at noon? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 2 Nur Nur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Mahomed Mahomed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 knackered knacker VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Nur | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **knacker** | past | Nur | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | past | Nur | | | | noon | to the town *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to town=Result | 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} Yeah, stiff, dry and thirsty ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t3:o1:1 # text = Yeah, stiff, dry and thirsty 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 stiff stiff ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, not at all, rested ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t3:o2:1 # text = Nah, not at all, rested 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 rested rest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rest** | participle | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, tired ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t3:o3:1 # text = Yeah, tired 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, dusty and exhausted ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t3:o4:1 # text = Yeah, dusty and exhausted 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 dusty dusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 exhausted exhaust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exhaust** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | **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. 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