--- title: Innit the king kept saying Douban was honest, so why did he change h… — Arabian Nights, The Greek King and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Innit the king kept saying Douban was honest, so why did he change his mind? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 166 «Arabian Nights, The Greek King and the Physician Douban, part 6: the king doubts the vizir, then condemns the physician to death» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/166-pg128-part6/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 Greek King and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/166-pg128-part6/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Greek King and the Physician Douban, p… Innit the king kept saying Douban was honest, so why did he change his mind? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Innit king, Douban · **What happens:** keep, say, be, change, mind · **To what, where:** mind · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 166 «Arabian Nights, The Greek King and the Physician Douban, part 6: the king doubts the vizir, then condemns the physician to death» 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/166-pg128-part6/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:166-pg128-part6:t13:1 # text = Innit the king kept saying Douban was honest, so why did he change his mind? 1 Innit Innit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 Douban Douban PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 11 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 12 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | the Innit king | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the Innit king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | Douban | | | | | honest *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **change** | past · do-support | Douban | Douban's mind | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | | 5 | **mind** | | Douban | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 queen begged him daily ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:166-pg128-part6:t13:o1:1 # text = the queen begged him daily 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 daily daily ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the queen | | him *= he* | | | daily *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} the vizir sent gold to him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:166-pg128-part6:t13:o2:1 # text = the vizir sent gold to him 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | the vizir | gold | him *= he* | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gold=Theme to he=Destination | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} the vizir kept wearing him down until he gave in to fear ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:166-pg128-part6:t13:o3:1 # text = the vizir kept wearing him down until he gave in to fear 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 wearing wear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 until until SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 in in ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | the vizir | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wear down** | gerund | the vizir *not said here* | vizir | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent he=Source | | 3 | **give in** | past | vizir | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fear** | to-infinitive | vizir *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the vizir kept wearing him down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:166-pg128-part6:t13:o4:1 # text = the vizir kept wearing him down 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 vizir vizir NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 wearing wear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | the vizir | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wear down** | gerund | the vizir *not said here* | vizir | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent he=Source | **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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