--- title: is the genie ready to be nice or nah? — Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the… · tree and pragmatics description: is the genie ready to be nice or nah? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 165 «Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genie, part 5: the jar is opened and a furious genie appears» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/165-pg128-part5/t13/) [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 Fisherman and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/165-pg128-part5/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genie, part 5: the j… is the genie ready to be nice or nah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** genie · **What happens:** be This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 165 «Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genie, part 5: the jar is opened and a furious genie appears» 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/165-pg128-part5/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:t13:1 # text = is the genie ready to be nice or nah? 1 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 genie genie NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the genie | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | the genie *not said here* | | | | | nice *property* | 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} he wants to hurt the fisherman ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:t13:o1:1 # text = he wants to hurt the fisherman 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | he | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **hurt** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the fisherman | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fisherman=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} he threatens to kill the fisherman ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:t13:o2:1 # text = he threatens to kill the fisherman 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 threatens threaten VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **threaten** | present | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the fisherman | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fisherman=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} no, he is angry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:t13:o3:1 # text = no, he is angry 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} he plans to harm the fisherman ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:165-pg128-part5:t13:o4:1 # text = he plans to harm the fisherman 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 plans plan VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 harm harm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plan** | present | he | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **harm** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the fisherman | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fisherman=Experiencer | **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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