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title: bruh what even is a calender in this story, is it a clock? — Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruh what even is a calender in this story, is it a clock? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 172 «Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince loses his eye, his father's throne is taken, and the lovers' tomb is found» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince l…

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bruh what even is a calender in this story, is it a clock?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** calender · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** calender, story, clock

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 172 «Arabian Nights, The Three Calenders, part 12: the prince loses his eye, his father's throne is taken, and the lovers' tomb is found» 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/172-pg128-part12/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:172-pg128-part12:t8:1
# text = bruh what even is a calender in this story, is it a clock?
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	14	discourse	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	1	conj	_	_
3	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	calender	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|Typo=Yes	2	nsubj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a calender |  | this story |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | calender *= calendar* | a clock |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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a wandering holy man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:172-pg128-part12:t8:o1:1
# text = a wandering holy man
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
3	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a travelling merchant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:172-pg128-part12:t8:o2:1
# text = a travelling merchant
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	travelling	travelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a king's messenger who carries a sealed letter to the caliph

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:172-pg128-part12:t8:o3:1
# text = a king's messenger who carries a sealed letter to the caliph
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	caliph	caliph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | a king's messenger | a sealed letter |  | the caliph |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to caliph=Destination |
| 2 | **seal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a dervish who lives in a wooden shack by the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:172-pg128-part12:t8:o4:1
# text = a dervish who lives in a wooden shack by the river
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dervish	dervish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	shack	shack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | a dervish |  |  | a wooden shack |  | by the river | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shack=Location |

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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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