--- title: Bruv, what did the black slave hold, proper big? — Arabian Nights, The Young King of the… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruv, what did the black slave hold, proper big? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 168 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 8: the talking fish and the Sultan's night journey» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/168-pg128-part8/t2/) [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 Young King of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/168-pg128-part8/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 8:… Bruv, what did the black slave hold, proper big? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** black slave hold This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 168 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 8: the talking fish and the Sultan's night journey» 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/168-pg128-part8/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:t2:1 # text = Bruv, what did the black slave hold, proper big? 1 Bruv Bruv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the black slave hold | | | | Bruv *vocative* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Eventuality | 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} A big green stick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:t2:o1:1 # text = A big green stick 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A tall wooden spear ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:t2:o2:1 # text = A tall wooden spear 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A massive golden sword that the Sultan gave him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:t2:o3:1 # text = A massive golden sword that the Sultan gave him 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 massive massive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the Sultan | a massive golden sword | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient that=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} A small silver bowl ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:168-pg128-part8:t2:o4:1 # text = A small silver bowl 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 bowl bowl 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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