--- title: wait, what was the physician's trick, like the head? — Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, what was the physician's trick, like the head? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 167 «Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genius, part 7: the Greek king dies of poisoned pages, then the magic fish burn in the kitchen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/167-pg128-part7/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/167-pg128-part7/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genius, part 7: the… wait, what was the physician's trick, like the head? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** trick This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 167 «Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genius, part 7: the Greek king dies of poisoned pages, then the magic fish burn in the kitchen» 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/167-pg128-part7/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:t13:1 # text = wait, what was the physician's trick, like the head? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 physician physician NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | like the head | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the physician's trick | | | | | 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} a book with poison on its pages ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:t13:o1:1 # text = a book with poison on its pages 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 pages page NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **page** | | poison | | | | | | nom page «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} a poisoned book ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:t13:o2:1 # text = a poisoned book 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 poisoned poison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **poison** | participle | | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} a golden cup ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:t13:o3:1 # text = a golden cup 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a knife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:t13:o4:1 # text = a knife 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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