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title: Lol, what were the slaves doing under the parrot's cage? — Arabian Nights, The Greek King and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, what were the slaves doing under the parrot's cage? Test 5 · ★ 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 tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Greek King and the Physician Douban, p…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lol, what were the slaves doing under the parrot's cage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** slaves · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** slaves, cage

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:166-pg128-part6:t5:1
# text = Lol, what were the slaves doing under the parrot's cage?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	slaves	slave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the slaves |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | the slaves *not said here* |  |  | the parrot's cage |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
turning a hand-mill round and round, grinding flour for the morning meal

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:166-pg128-part6:t5:o1:1
# text = turning a hand-mill round and round, grinding flour for the morning meal
1	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	round	round	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	round	round	ADV	RB	_	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	grinding	grind	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
11	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | gerund |  | a hand mill |  |  |  | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mill=Theme |
| 2 | **grind** | gerund |  | flour |  |  |  | for the morning meal | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent flour=Material for meal=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
turning a hand-mill round and round while singing a tune

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:166-pg128-part6:t5:o2:1
# text = turning a hand-mill round and round while singing a tune
1	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	round	round	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	round	round	ADV	RB	_	6	conj	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | gerund |  | a hand mill |  |  |  | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mill=Theme |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  | a tune |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tune=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
turning a hand-mill round and round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:166-pg128-part6:t5:o3:1
# text = turning a hand-mill round and round
1	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	round	round	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	round	round	ADV	RB	_	6	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | gerund |  | a hand mill |  |  |  | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mill=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
grinding grain for the household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:166-pg128-part6:t5:o4:1
# text = grinding grain for the household
1	grinding	grind	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grind** | gerund |  | grain |  |  |  | for the household | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent grain=Material for household=Beneficiary |

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