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title: Lowkey, is the monkey safe at the end? — Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lowkey, is the monkey safe at the end? Test 15 · ★ of lesson 175 «Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15: the dervish is saved by fairies, the cat's hairs are burned, and the narrator is turned into a monkey» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 15 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15:…

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Lowkey, is the monkey safe at the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lowkey · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** end

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 175 «Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15: the dervish is saved by fairies, the cat's hairs are burned, and the narrator is turned into a monkey» 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/175-pg128-part15/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t15:1
# text = Lowkey, is the monkey safe at the end?
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Lowkey |  |  |  | at the end | safe *property* | 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 {#o1}

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Yes, he's home and free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t15:o1:1
# text = Yes, he's home and free
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | home *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, the genius turned him back into a man and gave him a ship

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t15:o2:1
# text = Yes, the genius turned him back into a man and gave him a ship
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	genius	genius	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	iobj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn back** | past | the genius | him *= he* |  |  |  | into a man | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | past | the genius *not said here* | a ship | genius |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient ship=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not yet, still in danger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t15:o3:1
# text = Not yet, still in danger
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, the sailors plan to throw him into the sea tonight after dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t15:o4:1
# text = No, the sailors plan to throw him into the sea tonight after dinner
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	plan	plan	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | present | the sailors |  |  |  | after dinner; tonight |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **throw** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the sailors *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | into the sea *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer he=Theme into sea=Result |

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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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