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title: so why did Cassim's wife put suet in the measure? — Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty… · tree and pragmatics
description: so why did Cassim's wife put suet in the measure? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1470 «Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 57: Cassim is killed and the thieves send a spy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 57: C…

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so why did Cassim's wife put suet in the measure?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wife · **What happens:** put · **To what, where:** suet, measure

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1470 «Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 57: Cassim is killed and the thieves send a spy» 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/1470-pg503-part57/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1470-pg503-part57:t5:1
# text = so why did Cassim's wife put suet in the measure?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	Cassim	Cassim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	suet	suet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past · do-support | Cassim's wife | suet |  | the measure |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent suet=Theme in measure=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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to test his wife's honesty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1470-pg503-part57:t5:o1:1
# text = to test his wife's honesty
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	test	test	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	honesty	honesty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | to-infinitive |  | his wife's honesty |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honesty=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to check on the gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1470-pg503-part57:t5:o2:1
# text = to check on the gold
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the gold |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on gold=Location |

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

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to spy on Ali Baba's wife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1470-pg503-part57:t5:o3:1
# text = to spy on Ali Baba's wife
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	spy	spy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	Ali	Ali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Baba	Baba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spy** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | on Ali Baba's wife | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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to hide the gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1470-pg503-part57:t5:o4:1
# text = to hide the gold
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive |  | the gold |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Patient |

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