--- title: wait, what did the merchant do to the genie's son by accident? — Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the G… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, what did the merchant do to the genie's son by accident? Test 5 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/162-pg128-part2/t5/) [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, The Merchant and the G…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/162-pg128-part2/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genius, part 2: Scheh… wait, what did the merchant do to the genie's son by accident? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, merchant · **What happens:** wait, do This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t5:1 # text = wait, what did the merchant do to the genie's son by accident? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 genie genie NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past · do-support | the merchant | | | | | to the genie's son; by accident | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} a date pit hit his shoulder ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t5:o1:1 # text = a date pit hit his shoulder 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | past | a date pit | pit's shoulder | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme shoulder=Co-Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} a date stone hit him right in the eye and he died instantly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t5:o2:1 # text = a date stone hit him right in the eye and he died instantly 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 right right ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | past | a date stone | him *= he* | | the eye | | right *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in eye=Destination | | 2 | **die** | past | stone | | | | | instantly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} a date stone hit him in the eye ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t5:o3:1 # text = a date stone hit him in the eye 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | past | a date stone | him *= he* | | the eye | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in eye=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} he tripped over a tree root ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t5:o4:1 # text = he tripped over a tree root 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tripped trip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 over over ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trip** | past | he | | | a tree root | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over root=Trajectory | **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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