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title: Did Ali Baba's son get hitched to the girl? — Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Ali Baba's son get hitched to the girl? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1472 «Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the wood after the pebbles and the crumbs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 8 · ★ · Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the woo…

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Did Ali Baba's son get hitched to the girl?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** hitch · **To what, where:** son

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1472 «Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the wood after the pebbles and the crumbs» 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/1472-pg503-part59/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:t8:1
# text = Did Ali Baba's son get hitched to the girl?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
2	Ali	Ali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	_
3	Baba	Baba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
5	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	hitched	hitch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hitch** | past · passive · do-support |  | Ali's son |  |  |  | to the girl | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to girl=Co-Patient |

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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 -->
Yeah, Morgiana, the clever servant who hid in the jars and killed the thieves with a dagger in the house

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:t8:o1:1
# text = Yeah, Morgiana, the clever servant who hid in the jars and killed the thieves with a dagger in the house
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	14	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Morgiana	Morgiana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
14	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	dagger	dagger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | the clever servant |  |  | the jars |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in jar=Location |
| 2 | **kill** | past | Morgiana | the thieves |  |  |  | with a dagger in the house | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent thief=Patient with dagger=Instrument |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, Morgiana, the slave girl who saved the family from the robbers and then married him after the wedding feast

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:t8:o2:1
# text = Yeah, Morgiana, the slave girl who saved the family from the robbers and then married him after the wedding feast
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Morgiana	Morgiana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
17	married	marry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	after	after	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | past | the slave girl | the family |  | the robbers |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent family=Theme from robber=Source |
| 2 | **marry** | past | the slave girl *not said here* | Morgiana |  |  | after the wedding feast; then |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, he married the oil merchant's girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:t8:o3:1
# text = No, he married the oil merchant's girl
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	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	married	marry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | past | he | the oil merchant's girl |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, Morgiana, and they had a massive wedding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:t8:o4:1
# text = Yeah, Morgiana, and they had a massive wedding
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Morgiana	Morgiana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | they | a massive wedding |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Patient |

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