--- title: Eh, what was the island really, the thing they all thought was land? — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Eh, what was the island really, the thing they all thought was land? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 181 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 21: Hindbad the porter is summoned to Sindbad's feast and hears how the voyages began» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/181-pg128-part21/t12/) [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, Sindbad the Sailor, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/181-pg128-part21/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 21: Hindbad the p… Eh, what was the island really, the thing they all thought was land? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Eh, they · **What happens:** be, think · **To what, where:** island, thing, land This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 181 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 21: Hindbad the porter is summoned to Sindbad's feast and hears how the voyages began» 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/181-pg128-part21/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:t12:1 # text = Eh, what was the island really, the thing they all thought was land? 1 Eh Eh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 7 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 13 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Eh | the island | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | they | the thing *not said here* | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past | Eh | land | | | | | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} a sleeping whale's back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:t12:o1:1 # text = a sleeping whale's back 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sleeping sleeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a sandy isle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:t12:o2:1 # text = a sandy isle 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sandy sandy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 isle isle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a rock ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:t12:o3:1 # text = a rock 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a grassy island in the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:t12:o4:1 # text = a grassy island in the sea 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 grassy grassy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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