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title: Who's the lady at the palace then? — Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the F… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who's the lady at the palace then? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1495 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peri Banou, part 82: a lost arrow leads Ahmed to a hidden palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peri Banou, par…

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Who's the lady at the palace then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** lady, palace

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1495 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peri Banou, part 82: a lost arrow leads Ahmed to a hidden palace» 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/1495-pg503-part82/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1495-pg503-part82:t7:1
# text = Who's the lady at the palace then?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the lady |  | the palace |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Some majestic lady, proper posh, standing at the porch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1495-pg503-part82:t7:o1:1
# text = Some majestic lady, proper posh, standing at the porch
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	majestic	majestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	porch	porch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund |  |  |  | the porch |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at porch=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Some majestic lady, proper posh, waiting by the iron door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1495-pg503-part82:t7:o2:1
# text = Some majestic lady, proper posh, waiting by the iron door
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	majestic	majestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | by the iron door | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by door=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Some old lady, proper rich

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1495-pg503-part82:t7:o3:1
# text = Some old lady, proper rich
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Some majestic lady, proper posh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1495-pg503-part82:t7:o4:1
# text = Some majestic lady, proper posh
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	majestic	majestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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