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title: Yo, did the young dude really stab himself with the knife? — Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, did the young dude really stab himself with the knife? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 179 «Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident in the cave, then a lonely walk to a copper castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 1 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, did the young dude really stab himself with the knife?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** young dude · **What happens:** do, stab · **To what, where:** young dude, himself

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 179 «Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident in the cave, then a lonely walk to a copper castle» 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/179-pg128-part19/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t1:1
# text = Yo, did the young dude really stab himself with the knife?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	stab	stab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the young dude |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dude=Eventuality |
| 2 | **stab** | infinitive | the young dude *not said here* | himself *= he* |  |  |  | with the knife | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent himself=Patient with knife=Instrument |

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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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No way, the knife slipped from his hand and hit him in the heart, mate, totally by accident

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t1:o1:1
# text = No way, the knife slipped from his hand and hit him in the heart, mate, totally by accident
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip** | past | the knife | no way |  |  |  | from his hand | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from hand=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **hit** | past | the knife *not said here* | him *= he* |  | the heart and mate |  | by accident; totally *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in heart=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No way, it slipped and hit him in the heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t1:o2:1
# text = No way, it slipped and hit him in the heart
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip** | past | way | no way |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **hit** | past | way *not said here* | him *= he* |  | the heart |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in heart=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he dropped it and it hit his arm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t1:o3:1
# text = Nah, he dropped it and it hit his arm
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | he | it |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **hit** | past | it | his arm |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme arm=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he jammed it in on purpose, total madness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he jammed it in on purpose, total madness
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	jammed	jam	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	madness	madness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jam** | past | he | it |  | purpose |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in purpose=Destination |

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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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