--- title: Lol, how did the dervish end up as Sultan anyway? — Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and th… · tree and pragmatics description: Lol, how did the dervish end up as Sultan anyway? Test 8 · ★ 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 dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/175-pg128-part15/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/175-pg128-part15/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Envious Man and the Dervish, part 15:… Lol, how did the dervish end up as Sultan anyway? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dervish · **What happens:** do, end up This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t8:1 # text = Lol, how did the dervish end up as Sultan anyway? 1 Lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dervish dervish NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 end end VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **end up** | present | the dervish | | | | | as Sultan; anyway *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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} He proved his wisdom in a long public trial before the whole court ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t8:o1:1 # text = He proved his wisdom in a long public trial before the whole court 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 proved prove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 before before ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | past | He | his wisdom | | a long public trial | before the whole court | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wisdom=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He saved the realm from invaders and the old king named him heir ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t8:o2:1 # text = He saved the realm from invaders and the old king named him heir 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 invaders invader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 heir heir NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | past | He | the realm | | invaders | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent realm=Theme from invader=Source | | 2 | **name** | participle | the old king | him *= he* | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme heir=Attribute | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The old Sultan had no sons ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t8:o3:1 # text = The old Sultan had no sons 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the old Sultan | no sons | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Election by the nobles ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:175-pg128-part15:t8:o4:1 # text = Election by the nobles 1 Election election NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **elect** | | the nobles | | | | | | nom election «act transitive»: by=agent | **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. 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