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title: Where did Sindbad sit at that massive feast, like top of the table? — Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where did Sindbad sit at that massive feast, like top of the table? Test 7 · ★ 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 pra
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# Test 7 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 21: Hindbad the p…

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Where did Sindbad sit at that massive feast, like top of the table?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sindbad · **What happens:** sit · **To what, where:** massive feast

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:t7:1
# text = Where did Sindbad sit at that massive feast, like top of the table?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
7	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past · do-support | Sindbad |  |  | that massive feast |  | like top of the table | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at feast=Location |

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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 {#o1}

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right next to the big cook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:t7:o1:1
# text = right next to the big cook
1	right	right	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	next	next	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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right up at the head, on the best cushion, next to the boss and his guests

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:t7:o2:1
# text = right up at the head, on the best cushion, next to the boss and his guests
1	right	right	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	up	up	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	cushion	cushion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	next	next	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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in the place of honour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:t7:o3:1
# text = in the place of honour
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
by the lamp, near the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:181-pg128-part21:t7:o4:1
# text = by the lamp, near the window
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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