--- title: Was the sultan well chuffed with the gazelle, or nah? — Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the sultan well chuffed with the gazelle, or nah? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1772 «Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sultan's favour and dresses its master in fine clothes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1772-pg641-part23/t3/) [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/) / [Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1772-pg641-part23/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sul… Was the sultan well chuffed with the gazelle, or nah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, chuff · **To what, where:** sultan This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1772 «Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sultan's favour and dresses its master in fine clothes» 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/1772-pg641-part23/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:t3:1 # text = Was the sultan well chuffed with the gazelle, or nah? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 chuffed chuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 gazelle gazelle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the sultan | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **chuff** | participle · passive | | the sultan | | | | with the gazelle; well *property* | tree rules | 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} yeah, he was well made ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:t3:o1:1 # text = yeah, he was well made 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · passive | | he | | | | well *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yeah, he was dead chuffed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:t3:o2:1 # text = yeah, he was dead chuffed 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 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 _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 chuffed chuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **chuff** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, he was dead chuffed, proper happy, like ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:t3:o3:1 # text = yeah, he was dead chuffed, proper happy, like 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 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 _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 chuffed chuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 like like INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **chuff** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, he was dead chuffed and gave him loads of cash ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:t3:o4:1 # text = yeah, he was dead chuffed and gave him loads of cash 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 chuffed chuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 loads load NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 cash cash NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chuff** | past · passive | | he | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | past | | loads of cash | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient load=Theme | **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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