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title: Mate, what was the grand-vizir famous for, innit? — Arabian Nights, The Monkey Who Could W… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, what was the grand-vizir famous for, innit? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 176 «Arabian Nights, The Monkey Who Could Write, part 16: the monkey's handwriting wins the Sultan's favour, and the princess reveals his secret» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Monkey Who Could Write, part 16: the m…

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Mate, what was the grand-vizir famous for, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grand vizir · **What happens:** be, innit

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 176 «Arabian Nights, The Monkey Who Could Write, part 16: the monkey's handwriting wins the Sultan's favour, and the princess reveals his secret» 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/176-pg128-part16/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:t1:1
# text = Mate, what was the grand-vizir famous for, innit?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
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	8	det	_	_
6	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	vizir	vizir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
10	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the grand vizir |  |  |  |  | Mate *obl*; famous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive | the grand vizir *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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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his mad neat handwriting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:t1:o1:1
# text = his mad neat handwriting
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	neat	neat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **handwrite** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom handwriting «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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his mad neat handwriting and his silver pen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:t1:o2:1
# text = his mad neat handwriting and his silver pen
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	neat	neat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **handwrite** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom handwriting «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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his quick scribbles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:t1:o3:1
# text = his quick scribbles
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	scribbles	scribble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scribble** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom scribble «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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his crooked lettering

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:t1:o4:1
# text = his crooked lettering
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	crooked	crooked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lettering	lettering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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