--- title: how did the merchant even get to the trees, like what was he riding? — Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the G… · tree and pragmatics description: how did the merchant even get to the trees, like what was he riding? Test 6 · ★ 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 tre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/162-pg128-part2/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genius, part 2: Scheh… how did the merchant even get to the trees, like what was he riding? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** merchant · **What happens:** get, be This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t6:1 # text = how did the merchant even get to the trees, like what was he riding? 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 even even ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 riding riding NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · do-support | the merchant | | | | | to the trees *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to tree=Result | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | like riding | tree rules | 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} none ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t6:o1:1 # text = none 1 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} a horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t6:o2:1 # text = a horse 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a donkey ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t6:o3:1 # text = a donkey 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a camel loaded with silk and spices ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t6:o4:1 # text = a camel loaded with silk and spices 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 loaded load VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 spices spice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **load** | participle | | a camel *not said here* | | | | with silk and spices | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with silk=Theme | **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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