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title: Yo, what was the dude's fave thing to learn, for real? — Arabian Nights, The Young King of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, what was the dude's fave thing to learn, for real? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 173 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13: robbed, a poor wood-cutter, finds a princess underground» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, what was the dude's fave thing to learn, for real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, learn · **To what, where:** fave thing

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 173 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13: robbed, a poor wood-cutter, finds a princess underground» 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/173-pg128-part13/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t1:1
# text = Yo, what was the dude's fave thing to learn, for real?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	fave	fave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the dude's fave thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **learn** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: 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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scribbling Arabic letters all day long, like proper calligraphy, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t1:o1:1
# text = scribbling Arabic letters all day long, like proper calligraphy, innit
1	scribbling	scribble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	Arabic	Arabic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	calligraphy	calligraphy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scribble** | gerund |  | Arabic letters |  |  | day | like proper calligraphy and innit; long *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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copying out the Arabic alphabet on paper for hours, fam, no cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t1:o2:1
# text = copying out the Arabic alphabet on paper for hours, fam, no cap
1	copying	copy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Arabic	Arabic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	alphabet	alphabet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy out** | gerund |  | the Arabic alphabet |  | paper | hour |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent alphabet=Theme on paper=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
writing Arabic letters, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t1:o3:1
# text = writing Arabic letters, innit
1	writing	write	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	Arabic	Arabic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | gerund |  | Arabic letters and innit |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
learning Persian poems, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t1:o4:1
# text = learning Persian poems, bro
1	learning	learn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	Persian	persian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | gerund |  | Persian poems and bro |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Topic |

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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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