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title: Oi, why'd the Caliph wanna knock on the door? — Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, why'd the Caliph wanna knock on the door? Test 9 · ★ 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 tre
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# Test 9 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 10:…

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Oi, why'd the Caliph wanna knock on the door?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Caliph · **What happens:** knock · **To what, where:** door

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t9:1
# text = Oi, why'd the Caliph wanna knock on the door?
1	Oi	oi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	dep	_	_
8	knock	knock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock** | infinitive | the Caliph |  |  | the door |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on door=Location |

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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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Music and laughter drew him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t9:o1:1
# text = Music and laughter drew him
1	Music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	laughter	laughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | Music and laughter | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The vizir pushed him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t9:o2:1
# text = The vizir pushed him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vizir	vizir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | past | the vizir | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wine and rumours drew him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t9:o3:1
# text = Wine and rumours drew him
1	Wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	rumours	rumour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | Wine and rumours | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He had heard about the sisters' feasts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:170-pg128-part10:t9:o4:1
# text = He had heard about the sisters' feasts
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	feasts	feast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · perfect | He |  |  |  |  | about the sisters's feasts | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about feast=Stimulus |

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