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title: Was the sofa fancy, or just a plain old bed? — Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the F… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the sofa fancy, or just a plain old bed? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1497 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 84: the magician fakes a fever and gets in» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Was the sofa fancy, or just a plain old bed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** sofa fancy

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1497 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 84: the magician fakes a fever and gets in» 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/1497-pg503-part84/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1497-pg503-part84:t12:1
# text = Was the sofa fancy, or just a plain old bed?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	sofa	sofa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	fancy	fancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the sofa fancy or a plain old bed |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it was a plain wooden cot, nothing special, just a basic old bed honestly

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1497-pg503-part84:t12:o1:1
# text = Nah, it was a plain wooden cot, nothing special, just a basic old bed honestly
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cot	cot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	conj	_	_
11	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	basic	basic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
18	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a plain wooden cot and a basic old bed |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kinda simple, wood stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1497-pg503-part84:t12:o2:1
# text = Kinda simple, wood stuff
1	Kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Super fancy, gold stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1497-pg503-part84:t12:o3:1
# text = Super fancy, gold stuff
1	Super	super	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fancy	fancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Way fancy, like a gold-trimmed bed with silk sheets and jeweled pillows, bro

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1497-pg503-part84:t12:o4:1
# text = Way fancy, like a gold-trimmed bed with silk sheets and jeweled pillows, bro
1	Way	Way	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	fancy	fancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	trimmed	trim	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	sheets	sheet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	jeweled	jewel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	pillows	pillow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trim** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **jewel** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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