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title: yo, did you see that Houssain dude get tricked by the crier, proper… — Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prin… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fai…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yo, did you see that Houssain dude get tricked by the crier, proper embarrassing innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, crier · **What happens:** see, trick · **To what, where:** Houssain dude · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1493 «Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 80: Houssain buys a magic tapestry in Bisnagar» 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/1493-pg503-part80/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t1:1
# text = yo, did you see that Houssain dude get tricked by the crier, proper embarrassing innit?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	Houssain	Houssain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	tricked	trick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	crier	crier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	embarrassing	embarrassing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **trick** | present · passive | the crier and proper embarrassing innit | Houssain dude |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He paid forty purses for a fake carpet that the crier said flew, and then he left town

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t1:o1:1
# text = He paid forty purses for a fake carpet that the crier said flew, and then he left town
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	purses	purse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	carpet	carpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	crier	crier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
19	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | He | forty purses |  |  |  | for a fake carpet | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent purse=Asset for carpet=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the crier | a fake carpet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fly** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **leave** | past | crier | town |  |  | then |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He paid forty purses for a magic carpet thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t1:o2:1
# text = He paid forty purses for a magic carpet thing
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	purses	purse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	carpet	carpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | He | forty purses |  |  |  | for a carpet thing | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent purse=Asset for thing=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He handed over forty purses for a magic tapestry that only flew when the crier said so

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t1:o3:1
# text = He handed over forty purses for a magic tapestry that only flew when the crier said so
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	handed	hand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	purses	purse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tapestry	tapestry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	crier	crier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand** | past | He |  |  | forty purses |  | for a magic tapestry | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fly** | past | a magic tapestry |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the crier |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He paid forty for a rug that wouldn't fly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t1:o4:1
# text = He paid forty for a rug that wouldn't fly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rug	rug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | He | forty |  |  |  | for a rug | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent forty=Asset for rug=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **fly** | would | a rug |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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