--- title: Did the potion work fast, or nah? — Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the F… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the potion work fast, or nah? Test 8 · ★ 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; Mova's choice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1497-pg503-part84/t8/) [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/1497-pg503-part84/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part… Did the potion work fast, or nah? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** potion · **What happens:** work This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1497-pg503-part84:t8:1 # text = Did the potion work fast, or nah? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 potion potion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 work work VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | the potion | | | | | fast *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Pretty much right on time ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1497-pg503-part84:t8:o1:1 # text = Pretty much right on time 1 Pretty pretty ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 much much ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Way faster than she said ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1497-pg503-part84:t8:o2:1 # text = Way faster than she said 1 Way Way PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 3 than than SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Way | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} It worked super fast, she jumped up and was cured before the women even finished talking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1497-pg503-part84:t8:o3:1 # text = It worked super fast, she jumped up and was cured before the women even finished talking 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 worked work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 super super ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 cured cure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 12 before before ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 even even ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 finished finish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | past | It | | | | | fast, super *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **jump up** | past | she | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **cure** | past · passive | | | | | before the women | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme» | | 4 | **finish** | past | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **talk** | gerund | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nope, it kicked in way faster than the women said, like almost instantly, wow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1497-pg503-part84:t8:o4:1 # text = Nope, it kicked in way faster than the women said, like almost instantly, wow 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ 8 than than SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 like like ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 almost almost ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 wow wow INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick** | past | it | | | way | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the women | | | | | fast, instantly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | **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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