--- title: Bruv, what did the Calenders say the porter was? — Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruv, what did the Calenders say the porter was? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 170 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 10: three shaven Calenders come to the ladies' house, and the mystery of the dogs and the scars begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/170-pg128-part10/t11/) [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 Story of the Three…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/170-pg128-part10/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 10:… Bruv, what did the Calenders say the porter was? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Calenders · **What happens:** do, say, be · **To what, where:** porter · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 170 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 10: three shaven Calenders come to the ladies' house, and the mystery of the dogs and the scars begins» 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/170-pg128-part10/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t11:1 # text = Bruv, what did the Calenders say the porter was? 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 6 det _ _ 6 Calenders calender NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 porter porter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | Bruv *vocative* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Calenders | the porter | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent porter=Topic | | 3 | **be** | past | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 servant of the Caliph ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t11:o1:1 # text = A servant of the Caliph 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A rebel against their ruler ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t11:o2:1 # text = A rebel against their ruler 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rebel rebel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 against against ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A scholar of the city ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t11:o3:1 # text = A scholar of the city 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 scholar scholar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A drunkard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t11:o4:1 # text = A drunkard 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 drunkard drunkard 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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