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title: Mate, what did the golden sign over the door basically warn about? — Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, what did the golden sign over the door basically warn about? Test 2 · ★ 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, wi
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# Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 10:…

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Mate, what did the golden sign over the door basically warn about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** warn

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t2:1
# text = Mate, what did the golden sign over the door basically warn about?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	warn	warn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past · do-support | Mate |  |  |  |  | basically *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=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 {#o1}

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Dodgy blokes getting cash lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t2:o1:1
# text = Dodgy blokes getting cash lost
1	Dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	blokes	bloke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund | Dodgy blokes *not said here* | cash |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cash=Stimulus |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  | cash *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Nosey lot getting truths they hate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t2:o2:1
# text = Nosey lot getting truths they hate
1	Nosey	nosey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
4	truths	truth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund |  | Nosey lot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hate** | present | truths *= truth* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lazy staff getting sacked quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t2:o3:1
# text = Lazy staff getting sacked quick
1	Lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	getting	get	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	sacked	sack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sack** | gerund · passive |  | Lazy staff |  |  |  | quick *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Thieves getting caught

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t2:o4:1
# text = Thieves getting caught
1	Thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund | Thieves *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **catch** | participle | Thieves *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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