--- title: What's the lions' trick at the fountain, then? — Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the F… · tree and pragmatics description: What's the lions' trick at the fountain, then? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1498 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 85: the Sultan asks for a magic tent and healing water» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1498-pg503-part85/t12/) [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/1498-pg503-part85/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part… What's the lions' trick at the fountain, then? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** trick, lions · **What happens:** be, trick · **To what, where:** fountain This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1498 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 85: the Sultan asks for a magic tent and healing water» 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/1498-pg503-part85/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1498-pg503-part85:t12:1 # text = What's the lions' trick at the fountain, then? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ' 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the lions's trick at the fountain | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **trick** | | the lions | | | the fountain | | | nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place | 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} Two sleep at night and two stay awake at the gate all the time ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1498-pg503-part85:t12:o1:1 # text = Two sleep at night and two stay awake at the gate all the time 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 conj _ _ 7 stay stay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | present | Two sleep at night | | | the gate | time | awake *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at gate=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Each pair of lions sleeps in turn while the other pair keeps the gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1498-pg503-part85:t12:o2:1 # text = Each pair of lions sleeps in turn while the other pair keeps the gate 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 sleeps sleep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 while while SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | present | each pair of lions | | | turn | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in turn=Location | | 2 | **keep** | present | the other pair | the gate | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Two sleep, two stay awake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1498-pg503-part85:t12:o3:1 # text = Two sleep, two stay awake 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 appos _ _ 5 stay stay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | present | Two sleep | | | | | awake *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Two rest, one watches ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1498-pg503-part85:t12:o4:1 # text = Two rest, one watches 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nsubj _ _ 5 watches watch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | present | one | Two rest | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: 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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