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title: Bruv, why did the porter reckon he was in trouble with the boss man? — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, why did the porter reckon he was in trouble with the boss man? Test 6 · ★ 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 pr
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# Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 21: Hindbad the p…

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Bruv, why did the porter reckon he was in trouble with the boss man?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** porter, Bruv · **What happens:** reckon, be · **To what, where:** trouble

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:t6:1
# text = Bruv, why did the porter reckon he was in trouble with the boss man?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	porter	port	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reckon	reckon	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | the porter |  |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | Bruv |  |  | trouble |  | with the boss man | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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his big mouth had upset Sindbad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:t6:o1:1
# text = his big mouth had upset Sindbad
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | his big mouth | upset Sindbad |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sindbad=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he was late

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:t6:o2:1
# text = he was late
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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he had moaned at the wrong bloke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:t6:o3:1
# text = he had moaned at the wrong bloke
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	moaned	moan	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **moan** | past · perfect | he |  |  |  |  | at the wrong bloke | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at bloke=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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he broke a plate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:t6:o4:1
# text = he broke a plate
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | he | a plate |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plate=Patient |

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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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