--- title: Did Prince Houssain hang about in Bisnagar for ages? — Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the F… · tree and pragmatics description: Did Prince Houssain hang about in Bisnagar for ages? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1494 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peri Banou, part 81: the brothers' gifts save the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1494-pg503-part81/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, Prince Ahmed and the F…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1494-pg503-part81/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peri Banou, par… Did Prince Houssain hang about in Bisnagar for ages? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Houssain · **What happens:** hang This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1494 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peri Banou, part 81: the brothers' gifts save the Princess» 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/1494-pg503-part81/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1494-pg503-part81:t9:1 # text = Did Prince Houssain hang about in Bisnagar for ages? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:desc _ _ 3 Houssain Houssain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hang hang VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Bisnagar Bisnagar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | present | Houssain Prince | | | | for ages | about Bisnagar | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about bisnagar=Location | 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} Yes, he lingered a while ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1494-pg503-part81:t9:o1:1 # text = Yes, he lingered a while 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 lingered linger VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **linger** | past | he | | | | while | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yes, he stayed in Bisnagar for many months before flying back home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1494-pg503-part81:t9:o2:1 # text = Yes, he stayed in Bisnagar for many months before flying back home 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 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Bisnagar Bisnagar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 before before SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 12 back back ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 home home ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | he | | | Bisnagar | month | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bisnagar=Location | | 2 | **fly back** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, he waited a month ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1494-pg503-part81:t9:o3:1 # text = Yes, he waited a month 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 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | he | | | | month | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, he flew off quick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1494-pg503-part81:t9:o4:1 # text = No, he flew off quick 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 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly off** | past | he | | | | | quick *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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