--- title: Who was skint and got robbed by his own brothers in the story? — Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the G… · tree and pragmatics description: Who was skint and got robbed by his own brothers in the story? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 164 «Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genie, part 4: three old men tell their wonderful tales, and the fisherman casts his net» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/164-pg128-part4/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/164-pg128-part4/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genie, part 4: three… Who was skint and got robbed by his own brothers in the story? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** own brothers · **What happens:** be, rob This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 164 «Arabian Nights, The Merchant and the Genie, part 4: three old men tell their wonderful tales, and the fisherman casts his net» 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/164-pg128-part4/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:164-pg128-part4:t5:1 # text = Who was skint and got robbed by his own brothers in the story? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 skint skint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 robbed rob VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | skint *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **rob** | past · passive | his own brothers in the story | | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} The first old man ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:164-pg128-part4:t5:o1:1 # text = The first old man 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The second old man ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:164-pg128-part4:t5:o2:1 # text = The second old man 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The fisherman ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:164-pg128-part4:t5:o3:1 # text = The fisherman 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} The youngest brother who went to sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:164-pg128-part4:t5:o4:1 # text = The youngest brother who went to sea 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the youngest brother | | | sea | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sea=Initial\_Location | **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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