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# Test 4 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genius, part 2: Scheh…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so the Sultan lets Dinarzade sleep in the room, that's kinda wholesome ngl, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sultan, that · **What happens:** let, be · **To what, where:** Dinarzade sleep, room, wholesome ngl

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 162 «Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genius, part 2: Scheherazade wins more days by telling a tale of a merchant facing a fierce genie» 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/162-pg128-part2/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t4:1
# text = so the Sultan lets Dinarzade sleep in the room, that's kinda wholesome ngl, right?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Dinarzade	Dinarzade	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	wholesome	wholesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	ngl	ngl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
17	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | the Sultan | Dinarzade sleep |  | the room |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | wholesome ngl |  |  |  | kinda *property* | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, he lets the sister stay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t4:o1:1
# text = yes, he lets the sister stay
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	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	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | he | the sister |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** | infinitive | the sister *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he agrees to it, and he even gives Dinarzade a bed of silk

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t4:o2:1
# text = yeah, he agrees to it, and he even gives Dinarzade a bed of silk
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	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	agrees	agree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	Dinarzade	Dinarzade	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	iobj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | he |  | it |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give** | present | he | a bed of silk | Dinarzade |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent dinarzade=Recipient bed=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, he says the sister must leave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t4:o3:1
# text = no, he says the sister must leave
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	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	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **leave** | must | the sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he says yes to her sister sleeping there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t4:o4:1
# text = yeah, he says yes to her sister sleeping there
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	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	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	acl	_	_
10	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | he |  | her sister |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to sister=Recipient |
| 2 | **sleep** | gerund | her sister *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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