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title: so who was the big boss who wanted the fish, innit? — Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: so who was the big boss who wanted the fish, innit? Test 5 · ★ 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 of
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# Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Fisherman and the Genius, part 7: the…

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so who was the big boss who wanted the fish, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big boss · **What happens:** be, want · **To what, where:** big boss, fish

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:t5:1
# text = so who was the big boss who wanted the fish, innit?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	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 big boss and innit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | past | the big boss and innit | the fish |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fish=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the Sultan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:t5:o1:1
# text = the Sultan
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the grand-vizir

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:t5:o2:1
# text = the grand-vizir
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	vizir	vizir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:t5:o3:1
# text = the king
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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the first vizir

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:167-pg128-part7:t5:o4:1
# text = the first vizir
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	vizir	vizir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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