--- title: was the captain really wanting to kill Ali Baba, no joke? — Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty… · tree and pragmatics description: was the captain really wanting to kill Ali Baba, no joke? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1471 «Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 58: Morgiana foils the robbers' attack and dances at supper» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1471-pg503-part58/t9/) [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/) / [Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1471-pg503-part58/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 58: M… was the captain really wanting to kill Ali Baba, no joke? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** captain · **What happens:** want, kill · **To what, where:** Ali This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1471 «Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, part 58: Morgiana foils the robbers' attack and dances at supper» 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/1471-pg503-part58/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1471-pg503-part58:t9:1 # text = was the captain really wanting to kill Ali Baba, no joke? 1 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 wanting want VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 Baba Baba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past · progressive | the captain | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the captain *not said here* | Ali | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ali=Theme | 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} yes, he planned murder ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1471-pg503-part58:t9:o1:1 # text = yes, he planned murder 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 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 planned plan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 murder murder NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plan** | past | he | murder | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent murder=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} no, he only wanted Ali Baba's gold and horses ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1471-pg503-part58:t9:o2:1 # text = no, he only wanted Ali Baba's gold and horses 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Baba Baba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | Ali Baba's gold and horses | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} yes, he planned murder but later changed his mind ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1471-pg503-part58:t9:o3:1 # text = yes, he planned murder but later changed his mind 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 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 planned plan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 murder murder NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ 8 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plan** | past | he | murder | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent murder=Topic | | 2 | **change** | past | he *not said here* | his mind | | | | late *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | | 3 | **mind** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} yes, he planned theft ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1471-pg503-part58:t9:o4:1 # text = yes, he planned theft 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 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 planned plan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 theft theft NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plan** | past | he | theft | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theft=Topic | **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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