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title: Bro, what did the dog do when Zobeida whipped it? — Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, what did the dog do when Zobeida whipped it? Test 6 · ★ 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
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# Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 10:…

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Bro, what did the dog do when Zobeida whipped it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog, Zobeida · **What happens:** do, whip · **To what, where:** dog

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t6:1
# text = Bro, what did the dog do when Zobeida whipped it?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	Zobeida	Zobeida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	whipped	whip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | the dog |  |  |  |  | Bro *vocative* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **whip** | past | Zobeida | dog |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent it=Material |

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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 {#o1}

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Wagged its tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t6:o1:1
# text = Wagged its tail
1	Wagged	wag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wag** | past |  | its tail |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Whimpered and crawled under the cushions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t6:o2:1
# text = Whimpered and crawled under the cushions
1	Whimpered	whimper	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	crawled	crawl	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cushions	cushion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whimper** | participle |  |  |  | the cushions |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **crawl** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Howled and stared at her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t6:o3:1
# text = Howled and stared at her
1	Howled	howl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	stared	stare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **howl** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stare** | past |  |  |  |  |  | at her *= she* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Growled and lunged at the eunuchs by the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t6:o4:1
# text = Growled and lunged at the eunuchs by the door
1	Growled	growl	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	lunged	lunge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	eunuchs	eunuch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **growl** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | at the eunuchs; by the door | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at eunuch=Stimulus |
| 2 | **lunge** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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