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title: Proper, who got strangled for the vizir's cock-up? — Arabian Nights, The Greek King and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Proper, who got strangled for the vizir's cock-up? Test 6 · ★ 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 of the 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Greek King and the Physician Douban, p…

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Proper, who got strangled for the vizir's cock-up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** strangle

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:166-pg128-part6:t6:1
# text = Proper, who got strangled for the vizir's cock-up?
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	strangled	strangle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	vizir	vizir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strangle** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  | for the vizir's cock up; properly *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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}

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the prince, after the vizir's slip-up and the king's anger at dinner

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:166-pg128-part6:t6:o1:1
# text = the prince, after the vizir's slip-up and the king's anger at dinner
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vizir	vizir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	slip	slip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **anger** |  | the king |  |  | dinner |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent at=place |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the physician, after the king's rage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:166-pg128-part6:t6:o2:1
# text = the physician, after the king's rage
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	physician	physician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rage** |  | the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom rage «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the prince, after the vizir's slip-up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:166-pg128-part6:t6:o3:1
# text = the prince, after the vizir's slip-up
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vizir	vizir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	slip	slip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the prince, who had told the truth about the ogress and the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:166-pg128-part6:t6:o4:1
# text = the prince, who had told the truth about the ogress and the wood
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ogress	ogress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | the prince | the truth |  |  |  | about the ogress and the wood | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient about ogress=Topic |

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