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title: lowkey wild, the genie's about to chop the merchant's head off, what… — Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the G… · tree and pragmatics
description: lowkey wild, the genie's about to chop the merchant's head off, what does the merchant ask for? Test 7 · ★ 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 scho
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# Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genius, part 2: Scheh…

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lowkey wild, the genie's about to chop the merchant's head off, what does the merchant ask for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** merchant · **What happens:** chop off, ask · **To what, where:** head

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t7:1
# text = lowkey wild, the genie's about to chop the merchant's head off, what does the merchant ask for?
1	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	genie	genie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	chop	chop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	obj	_	_
17	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop off** | to-infinitive |  | the merchant's head |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · do-support | the merchant |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

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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}

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a full year to settle his debts and visit his family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t7:o1:1
# text = a full year to settle his debts and visit his family
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	settle	settle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	debts	debt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **settle** | to-infinitive |  | his debts |  |  |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme debt=Location |
| 2 | **visit** | infinitive |  | his family |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a day to see his family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t7:o2:1
# text = a day to see his family
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  | his family |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a year to settle things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t7:o3:1
# text = a year to settle things
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	settle	settle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **settle** | to-infinitive |  | things |  |  |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme thing=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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a year to say goodbye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:162-pg128-part2:t7:o4:1
# text = a year to say goodbye
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  | goodbye |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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