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title: Ok, what was the porter's whole job? — Arabian Nights, The Young King of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ok, what was the porter's whole job? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 169 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles: the enchantress slain, the porter invited in» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles: the enc…

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Ok, what was the porter's whole job?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** whole job, porter · **What happens:** be, job

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 169 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles: the enchantress slain, the porter invited in» 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/169-pg128-part9/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:t5:1
# text = Ok, what was the porter's whole job?
1	Ok	ok	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	porter	porter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the porter's whole job |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **job** |  | the porter |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Hauling loads, dude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:t5:o1:1
# text = Hauling loads, dude
1	Hauling	haul	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **haul** | gerund |  | loads and dude |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Like, carrying heavy stuff for rich people all day long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:t5:o2:1
# text = Like, carrying heavy stuff for rich people all day long
1	Like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund |  | heavy stuff |  |  | day | for rich people; long *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Basically fixing the roofs of the whole palace complex

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:t5:o3:1
# text = Basically fixing the roofs of the whole palace complex
1	Basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	fixing	fix	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	roofs	roof	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	complex	complex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | gerund |  | the roofs of the whole palace complex |  |  |  | basically *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent roof=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sweeping the floors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:t5:o4:1
# text = Sweeping the floors
1	Sweeping	sweep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	floors	floor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweep** | gerund |  | the floors |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme floor=Trajectory |

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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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